Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Was that an issue the Taoiseach discussed with Prime Minister Brown when he met with him recently or have there been any discussions at governmental level about the possibility of such a visit and how the arrangements might be made for it?

On the National Archives, the Taoiseach told us that 12 files have been withheld this year for various reasons. I appreciate he obviously cannot identify the files, but can he give a general idea as to the subject matter of the files concerned? What is the aggregate number of files now withheld from the National Archives going back over the years? Have any files related to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings been withheld? Have any files relating to the murder of Garda Richard Fallon in 1970 been withheld? The Taoiseach will recall that at the time this was the first murder of a Garda in the State for almost 30 years. Members of the late Garda Fallon's family have been on the public record recently expressing concern that there does not appear to be any file relating to his murder extant in the various Departments and the National Archives. Has any material relating to the murder of Garda Fallon been withheld?

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