Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 683: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the arrangements in relation to the employment by local authorities of an archivist; if it is intended to formally recognise records management as a function of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34056/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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It is a matter for the manager of each local authority, under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, to make such staffing and organisational arrangements as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he/she is responsible.

As outlined in the reply to Question No. 570 of 10 October 2006, the management, custody, care and conservation of their records and archives is a function of local authorities under section 65 of the Local Government Act, 1994 and more recently section 80 of the Local Government Act 2001.