Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 304: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if photographs and details taken with respect to passengers on board a recently diverted flight (details supplied) will be destroyed; and if not what the situation is. [24356/06]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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On 12 April 2006, a bomb warning note was found on board Ryanair flight FR 25 from Beauvais to Dublin and as a result, the flight was diverted to Prestwick airport, in Scotland. Strathclyde Police managed the incident on the ground in Prestwick and later authorised the departure of the flight to Dublin.

At my request, the Embassy in London and the Consulate in Edinburgh have been in contact with the responsible authorities. They have been informed that the need to retain personal details still exists as passengers on the flight might be required in any future criminal proceedings, should the person or persons responsible be identified. They were also informed that the photographs have been destroyed as they hold no evidential advantage to the enquiry and were, therefore, superfluous to needs.