Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [19615/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of staff employed in my Department’s archives unit in each of the years is set out in the following table. Appropriate training is provided to staff who are undertaking archival functions including the examination of records for referral to the National Archives.

The number of staff employed in my Department’s Archives Unit will be kept under review in the context of any additional National Archive obligations that may arise from amendments to the National Archives Act 1986. Any additional training required on foot of such changes will also be arranged, as appropriate.