Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the consideration that has been given to the establishment of a purpose built public records office in view of the storage constraints in the National Archives; the advances in multimedia technologies that could be built into such a new facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14132/06]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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The need for a new building for the National Archives has long been recognised and is at this time being actively addressed by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Office of Public Works.

Modern technology is used extensively at present in the production of finding aids to the archives and to control the provision of archives to the public. However, it is available for use by the public in only limited ways. It is envisaged the public areas of the new building will take advantage of ongoing technological advances so that technical developments may be fully utilised to the maximum possible extent.