Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 406: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to the horrific collision that resulted in five lives lost, at Lisfannon, Buncrana, County Donegal in the early hours of 18 February 2006, if he will ascertain from the Garda Commissioner the reason the maroon Audi was being followed by gardaí; if the gardaí following the car were questioned whether their actions may have contributed to the accident; and if that information will be made available to the families and at the inquest. [7830/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the full circumstances leading up to and culminating in the traffic collision referred to are being fully investigated by the Garda Síochána. I am further informed that at 4 a.m. on Saturday, 18 February 2006, gardaí were on public order duty at Main Street, Buncrana, when they observed a dark coloured car strike a parked vehicle and leave the scene of the collision. The gardaí attempted to follow this car with the intention of stopping it and speaking with the driver but lost sight of the car due to the speed of the vehicle. Contact was made with the communications centre for other Garda units to keep a look out for this car. The gardaí travelled out the Buncrana-Derry road where they came upon a two-vehicle collision involving this car. They immediately rendered assistance to the victims of the collision and followed Garda procedures relating to traffic collisions.