Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I do not know whether the Taoiseach has been down there or not. There is a 20 foot wall around Castlerea prison and it is a secure facility. This matter was the first item on the agenda in all the discussions that the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform had with Sinn Féin representatives. Was the operation of the prison regime regarding these four prisoners ever discussed at any of those meetings? Can the Taoiseach confirm newspaper reports that the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe faxed their requirements to the local shop, which were then delivered by taxi? If the prisoners are exercising a veto over the integration of all prisoners in that complex, has the Taoiseach considered that they should be returned to Portlaoise? What is his response to a remark made by a county councillor in Cavan last night that there would be no decommissioning by the IRA until these prisoners are released?

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