Written answers
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Records
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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 Archives Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19617/16]
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The staffing of the Archives Unit for the period in question is set out in the following table.
| Year | Grade | Number of staff |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | HEO CO | *1.9 *1.5 |
| 2011 | HEO CO | *1.9 *1.5 |
| 2012 | HEO CO | *1.9 *1.5 |
| 2013 | HEO CO | *0.9 *1.5 |
| 2014 | HEO CO | *0.9 *2.5 |
| 2015 | HEO CO | *1.9 *2.7 |
| 2016 | HEO CO | *1.9 *2.7 |
In addition to the staffing above, a reviewer has been contracted for a 10 week period on an annual basis. There are two reviewers currently working in the Archives.
Changes to the National Archives Act are a matter for my colleague the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. I understand that Minister Humphreys is planning on bringing an implementation plan to the Cabinet regarding a change to the 30 year rule for the making public of Departmental Records in the National Archive. However, until that implementation plan has been finalised, it will not be possible to say what impact any changes might have on Departmental resources.
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