Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

I move:

That Seanad Éireann,

—bearing in mind the specific matters considered by the Government to be of significant public concern arising from the making of a confession by Dean Lyons (deceased) about the deaths of Mary Callinan and Sylvia Shiels in March 1997 in Grangegorman, Dublin 7;

—noting that it is the opinion of the Government that a commission of investigation represents the best method of addressing the issues involved;

—further noting that a draft order proposed to be made by the Government under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 (No. 23 of 2004) has been duly laid before Dáil Éireann in respect of the foregoing matters referred to, together with a statement of reasons for establishing a commission under that Act;

approves the draft Commission of Investigation (Dean Lyons Case) Revised Order 2005.