Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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848. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements currently in place for the storage, access and maintenance of extensive local government records; the arrangements to be put in place for those town councils which are due to be abolished in respect of same; the overall annual cost for such storage specifically for this sector; if an evaluation has been done on such costs and if a regional/national storage system might reduce such costs; if there are implications for data security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35536/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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My Department recognises the valuable local resource that archives represent and the importance of their proper management. Under section 80 of the Local Government Act 2001, it is a matter for local authorities, in the first instance, to ensure that the appropriate arrangements are in place for the proper management, custody, care and conservation of local records and archives.