Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

I was going to raise the point made by Senator Finucane, whereby not alone has Mr. A been released from prison, but the DPP has dropped cases that were pending because of the ruling, which is of great concern to the families concerned. All they received was a phone call from the DPP and no counselling or advice was given to them. I call on the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to give whatever facilities are needed to the families who were facing very traumatic court cases and now face the horrible scenario of being in no-man's land due to this fiasco.

I would not have confidence in the Minister. Last Saturday's Irish Independent reported that the Minister had leaked a Fine Gael document.