614. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in regard to the operation of the National Archives Act 1986, her views on figures obtained through a Parliamentary Question from all Departments of State (details supplied) outlining the estimated annual spend on storage of records which cannot be accommodated at the National Archives due to an inability to properly process the records in a timely manner; if she is aware that this is directly due to under-provision of funding for the archives; her views on whether it represents value for money for the taxpayer that the Exchequer continues to pay storage, security and retrieval costs for records yet does not invest in the necessary facilities and staff at the archives to more properly manage these records; her further views on whether there is a widespread failure to adhere to the spirit of the 1986 Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39588/15]

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614. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in regard to the operation of the National Archives Act 1986, her views on figures obtained through a Parliamentary Question from all Departments of State (details supplied) outlining the estimated annual spend on storage of records which cannot be accommodated at the National Archives due to an inability to properly process the records in a timely manner; if she is aware that this is directly due to under-provision of funding for the archives; her views on whether it represents value for money for the taxpayer that the Exchequer continues to pay storage, security and retrieval costs for records yet does not invest in the necessary facilities and staff at the archives to more properly manage these records; her further views on whether there is a widespread failure to adhere to the spirit of the 1986 Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39588/15]

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