Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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438. To ask the Minister for Finance if the file relating to a matter (details supplied) has been provided to the National Archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37662/23]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has two files directly related to E107/12/87, which is referenced within the document attached to this PQ. Both files, which relate to an agreement for the adoption of a Civil Service Policy on AIDS in the workplace, are currently in long term storage.

Neither file has been released to the National Archive. My Department’s E Series or ‘Establishment Series’ of files largely relates to personnel issues within the Civil Service. Under the terms of S.I. No. 281/1997 - National Archives Act, 1986 (Prescription of Classes of Records) Order, 1997, personnel case files and related records concerning individual civil servants, are precluded from release.

As a policy document within the Establishment Files, E107-012-1987 is a comparative rarity within the series. The E Series is currently part of the backlog for assessment for transfer to the National Archive. At present, the resources of the Department’s File Management and Archiving unit are focused on a series of files which have been deemed by National Archive to be more representative of the Department’s work.