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Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (23 Jun 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...these extensions. The Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 was enacted as a result of the terrible atrocity in Omagh, where 29 people were murdered by a group known as the Real IRA. This was a terrible act which my home town of Dundalk has unfortunately been linked with on many occasions since. The people of Dundalk were enraged by this heinous act and demonstrated at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ..., we spoke about the murder of Tom Oliver, a husband and father of seven children who was murdered on 19 July 1991. He was abducted, tortured and brutally murdered by members of the Provisional IRA. His body was found across the Border in Belleeks in County Armagh. He had been shot in the head. The Commissioner stated that this was in the jurisdiction of the PSNI, which was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...run in closed session. We spoke about one file in particular which was compiled by the PSNI, the RUC and MI5, the British Security Service. That intelligence indicated that a senior Provisional IRA council member was directly involved in ordering the murder of Tom Oliver. The Commissioner attended that meeting as assistant chief constable in the PSNI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: The Commissioner was asked whether he knew the identity of the Provisional IRA man. He said that he did and that he passed the information on to the Garda Síochána. He also wrote the name down on a piece of paper and gave it to Judge Peter Smithwick. The last thing I was told was that the paper was a matter for the Chief Constable of Northern Ireland. Mr. Harris is now Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Interim Report on Review of Youth Referrals: An Garda Síochána (13 Feb 2019)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...Louth, a husband and father of seven children and a sheep farmer with no connection to paramilitary or security forces, was abducted, tortured and brutally murdered by members of the Provisional IRA. His body was found across the Border in Belleek, County Armagh. He had been shot in the head. The local priest who attended the post mortem remarked that it appeared as though a concrete...

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: .... As we know, this is a discussion that has come about owing to the bravery of Maíria Cahill, who has spoken out and drawn attention to the major problem that is sexual abuse by the Provisional IRA. I wish to express my admiration for Maíria Cahill and wish her well. There is a number of investigations taking place into her case in Northern Ireland and I hope they will reveal...

Job Losses (1 Jun 2011)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...the Minister of State to establish a taskforce to replace these jobs in Dundalk as a matter of urgency. Dundalk is only a few miles from the Border. The local economy suffered greatly during the IRA campaign and has always been a victim of competition from across the Border. Dundalk cannot afford to lose 102 jobs.