COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 13, 2024

QUESTION NO.42

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive are there plans for SDCC to employ an archivist in line with best practice in other Councils?

REPLY:

Fingal County Council Archives retain the archival records of Dublin County Council, and the business records of South Dublin County Council Meetings are managed and maintained by Corporate Services.

For people who wish to study the development of South Dublin County and its rich history and heritage, we provide public access to our Local Studies Collection, held in Tallaght Library. The collection includes over 10,000 books, periodicals, audio-visual material, photographs, prints and maps relating to the history and social, demographic and economic development of South Dublin County. Smaller collections are held in branch libraries. The collection can be searched on the South Dublin Libraries catalogue, and is maintained and managed by library staff.

As South Dublin County Council is not a repository for records of Dublin County Council, our requirements for an Archivist are not the same as other counties.