Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 6 May 2009, the funding provided to each local authority in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21114/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Local authorities are required by Section 80 of the Local Government Act 2001 to make proper arrangements for the management, custody, care and conservation of their records and archives and to provide public access to their archives.

In order to support and encourage local authorities, my Department established a subsidy scheme whereby local authorities may recoup 50% of the salary of an archivist employed by them, for up to 2 years, subject to certain conditions. They may also qualify for short term assistance in respect of leasing accommodation for the purposes of processing archives. The following table shows the local authorities that availed of the scheme in the last five years and the amounts paid to each.