Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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407. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the status of the implementation of changes to the National Archive Act 1986 to reduce the 30 year holding period to 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19625/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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In October 2015, the then Government decided that the National Archives Act 1986 should be amended to reduce the period after which Departmental records must be made available to the public in the National Archives from 30 years to 20 years. This will be done on a phased basis.

My Department is preparing the Heads of Bill to give effect to this decision, which I will bring to Government shortly.