Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the national archive Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19616/16]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Between 2010 and 2014 there were no staff dealing with the archiving of records in my Department. 5 staff equating to 2.5 full time equivalents were engaged in archiving work in 2015 and there are now 4 full time staff engaged in such work in 2016. My Department has no plans to increase staffing levels further as they are considered satisfactory to carry out the required work.  

I understand that there has not been any change to the National Archives legislation requiring the introduction of any new protocols or processes in respect of the management of archival records. My Department regularly engages with the National Archives on the management of the Department's archival records and in fulfilling its obligations under National Archives legislation.