Cecilia Keaveney (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an apology will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9604/07]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The person concerned, although a vital witness at the Morris Tribunal, has a civil action against the State arising from events which did not come within the terms of reference of that Tribunal and thus were not determined upon by that Tribunal. I am therefore constrained in any comment I might wish to make. What I can say however is that in civil action cases arising from the events in Donegal the general practice has been to address the question of an apology in the context of the settlement of the action itself.