PQ 1302
1302. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on plans to pay a researcher €270,000 to write a history of his Department; in particular if the appointed researcher will be given privileged access to an archive that is closed to all other researchers; if he is satisfied that academic independence and ethics can be upheld in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19228/26]
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1302. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on plans to pay a researcher €270,000 to write a history of his Department; in particular if the appointed researcher will be given privileged access to an archive that is closed to all other researchers; if he is satisfied that academic independence and ethics can be upheld in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19228/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-03-18/1302/
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