Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 248: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) has been unable to get justice due to a speech impediment in a case that has dated back to the 1970s in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28079/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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This seems essentially to be a private law matter. It would be for the person concerned, therefore, to seek legal advice on what options may be open to them at this time. On the question of dissatisfaction with a financial institution, again, the person referred to may wish to seek independent advice. I note that the institution referred to is regulated by the British Financial Services Authority. The person referred to may wish to make contact with the British Financial Ombudsman Service, the independent body charged with settling disputes between businesses providing financial services and their customers.

Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will request the Northern authorities to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of a person (details supplied) serving a sentence in a Northern Ireland prison and that they might be transferred to McGilligan Prison as requested by their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28123/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has been monitoring the case of the person in question and has requested that the appropriate Northern Ireland authorities ensure the safety and welfare of the individual concerned. The Department will also ask that any request for a prison transfer be considered sympathetically.