Written answers

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Department of An Taoiseach

Departmental Records

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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123. To ask the Taoiseach the protocols in place regarding the cataloguing, retention and filing of documents pertaining to issues of national importance in his Department; the safeguards in place to ensure such records are kept securely, subsequent to his statement on 26 June that his Department retained no such files; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33048/13]

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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All records and data, electronic and paper based, held in the Department are maintained in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 and the National Archives Act 1986 and in compliance with the records management guidelines set out by the Department of Finance. The Department operates a central registry record-keeping system comprising a Registry File Tracking System and a central repository for the storage of all Departmental records. Files created in the Department are recorded centrally and their location is known, to the time when they are transferred to the National Archives for permanent preservation.

In my remarks of June 26th, I restated my concern at the paucity of documentation held in my Department relevant to the decisions taken by the previous Government in September 2008. My Department will co-operate fully with any inquiry established into these matters.

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