Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 27: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when additional records will be added to a website (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27250/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In November 2009, the website www.irishgenealogy.ie was relaunched to include a search facility for the Church records of Baptism, Marriage and Burial for Dublin City and County Kerry. On Wednesday 16th June 2010 I had the pleasure of launching further Church records on this site (along with His Grace, Dr John R.W. Neill Archbishop of Dublin). These additional records include Church of Ireland records for Dublin City, Counties Carlow and Kerry and Roman Catholic Records for the County and City of Cork. The website www.irishgenealogy.ie now hosts over 2 million records of Church Baptism, Marriage and Burial from Counties Carlow, Kerry, Cork and Dublin City. Work is currently ongoing to add up to a further 1 million Church Baptism, Marriage and Burial records from Dublin City and County Cork and this work should be completed substantially by end 2010 and will then be added to this website.

The records which I recently launched also have the corresponding image of the original entry in the Baptism, Marriage or Burial register available to view. This level of detail, along with the success of the 1901/1911 Census online, will be a significant boost to the "Roots" tourism industry in Ireland, and my Department is working closely with Tourism Ireland to ensure that the availability of these records can act as an incentive to visit Ireland.