Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I agree with the Minister that it is important to conclude the investigation but when is that likely to occur? Was there a link between the eight fake Irish passports? If so, it should be relatively easy to trace who was responsible for falsifying them.

Will the Minister confirm that he is of the view that the finger is strongly pointing at Mossad, the Israeli secret service, as the group involved in the falsification of these passports. If so, what action does he intend to take? If the report does not come to a conclusion, what action will he take? If a country is not willing to deny the use of fake passports, does he agree it puts a serious question mark over its involvement?

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