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From: "a.colthirst" <>
Subject: Re: [LIMERICK] DUBLIN GRO Please Read
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:10:11 -0500


I think the most important email is the Minister responsible - anyone know
his name and email address?
Arly.
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Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 5:08 AM
Subject: [LIMERICK] DUBLIN GRO Please Read


>
>Subj: GRO Day of Protest
>Date: 3/13/00 1:17:10 AM Pacific Standard Time
>From: (Bridget Murphy)
>To:
>
>Liz,
>Thank you so much for your suggestion and your offer of help. Please go
>ahead - if you don't mind - with sending the message below to any groups
you
>are in.
>Many thanks
>Bridget (Grouser) Murphy
>
>GRO DAY OF PROTEST
>
>On Thursday 16 March please join the Day of Protest to express
>dissatisfaction with the understaffing, under-funding and general neglect
of
>the General Register Office in Dublin by the Department of Health &
Children.
>
>If you wish to take part please communicate your concern by email to BOTH
of
>the following:
>Department of Health & Children:
>Department of Tourism, Sport & Recreation:
>
>If you live within the Republic of Ireland please ALSO telephone your
message
>to the Department of Health & Children at (from within 01 area) 6313800 or
>(Lo-Call) 1890-200311 and ask for the Minister’s office.
>
>Below the line is a suggested wording, but you may send whatever message
you
>wish.
>------------------------------------------------------
>
>The General Register Office is an important genealogical repository for
>people of Irish heritage world wide. The Department of Health & Children
>must provide it with adequate staffing and funding to allow it to offer the
>level of service maintained in former years. It is not acceptable that it
>should be closed at lunchtime. It is not acceptable that paying customers
>should be limited in the number of records they may check by purchasing
>photocopies. It is not acceptable that there is only one set of index
books
>for public inspection. To free up the GRO’s Search Room copies of these
>records and index books should be made available as well elsewhere. Long
>term promises about a computerised index do not address GRO users’
immediate
>needs.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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