17. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to any feasibility study that has been conducted into the development of a consolidated, State overseen facility, both online and by traditional means, to allow members of the public to access digitised genealogical records from a wide variety of State and private sources including but not limited to the National Archives, National Museum, Health Service Executive births, deaths and marriage records, National Library, Military Archives, local authority records, prison records, land valuation records, cemetery records and so on; if so, if he will provide the details of such a study; his plans to develop this proposal or a similar proposal; his views on the desirability of such a facility in terms of our national heritage and tourism potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42020/12]

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17. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to any feasibility study that has been conducted into the development of a consolidated, State overseen facility, both online and by traditional means, to allow members of the public to access digitised genealogical records from a wide variety of State and private sources including but not limited to the National Archives, National Museum, Health Service Executive births, deaths and marriage records, National Library, Military Archives, local authority records, prison records, land valuation records, cemetery records and so on; if so, if he will provide the details of such a study; his plans to develop this proposal or a similar proposal; his views on the desirability of such a facility in terms of our national heritage and tourism potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42020/12]

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