Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister knows, I have been concerned for some time about the delay in the administration of justice in Northern Ireland. People are waiting up to nine years for trial. They are our citizens. I think the Minister would agree that is not justice and that justice delayed is justice denied. As well as that, there are people spending inordinate time on remand and, when they are out on bail, they have very strict bail conditions. Has that issue been raised with the northern authorities by the Minister’s officials? Have they expressed concern about some prison conditions? I have raised this issue consistently. As the Minister knows, there are grave concerns. I understand some progress has been made on the issue of full body searching or strip searching, but even that is not working satisfactorily at the moment.

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