Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the promised tribunal of inquiry arising from the Cory report will be established; the form it will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16287/04]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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In accordance with the recommendation of Mr. Justice Peter Cory, I secured Government approval in December last for the establishment of a public inquiry into the murders in 1989 of RUC Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and RUC Superintendent Bob Buchanan. The Government further approved that the public inquiry will take the form of a tribunal of inquiry pursuant to the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts, 1921 to 2002. My Department is finalising draft terms of reference for the tribunal, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, and I intend to secure further Government approval in the near future to bring the necessary resolutions before both Houses of the Oireachtas.