Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that there is an urgent need, in the interests of democracy, for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, to explain exactly where the document that he gave to the Irish Independent came from, where it is at present, whether he received it from or passed it to the Garda Síochána; and how his action fits with provisions of the Garda Síochána Act which makes the leaking of information to the media a criminal offence punishable by up to five years imprisonment.

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