Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Muižnieks's report lists 54 countries, spanning the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, which he claims have questions to answer on extraordinary rendition. Ireland is included among that number.

Amnesty International gave the example of the rendition of Khaled al-Maqtari. His plane refuelled at Shannon Airport on the day before it transferred him to the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, where he was tortured. I do not know how familiar the Tánaiste is with this. During the time of Rory Brady, the Office of the Attorney General offered advice to the Garda Síochána, as a result of which the Garda Síochána has not searched any CIA or US military aircraft at Shannon Airport that may have been involved in extraordinary rendition. Did this order come from the Office of the Attorney General? Is the Tánaiste aware of this?

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