Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1676: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a request for inspection of Land Commission documents (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33656/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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A solicitor for a person named has inspected documents for the two estates mentioned in the request in the Records Branch of my Department in Portlaoise. Copies of certain documents were given to the solicitor and inspection of other documents was facilitated.

The only documents that were not available were the fair rent orders/judicial tenancies mentioned in the details. My Department has explained to the solicitor that these documents are in long term storage as a result of the transfer of Records Branch to Portlaoise. These documents are not readily accessible as a final decision as to where they will eventually be stored has yet to be made. It is the view of my officials that access to the records still sought will not add anything of significance to the answer to the substantive issue raised by the solicitor on record.