Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to the Garda investigation into the murder of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan on 20 October 2007; if the Gardaí have evidence to indicate paramilitary involvement in the murder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27367/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Garda investigation into the murder in question is ongoing and that the investigation team based in Monaghan Garda Station is being assisted by specialist Garda units, including the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Garda Technical Bureau. I am further informed that the Garda Síochána is working closely with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which has appointed a liaison officer to work directly with the Garda investigation team.

The Garda Commissioner has advised me that there is no information available to the Garda Síochána to suggest that this murder was carried out by, or on behalf of, any paramilitary grouping. I understand that the Chief Constable of the PSNI shares this view.