Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions, contacts or meetings he has had with his counterparts in Northern Ireland or its party leaders or representatives with respect to the death of a person (details supplied); the contacts he has had with the person's family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36015/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As I said in response to Question No. 328 of 4 December 2007, this was a particularly brutal and shocking murder, widely and rightly condemned. Since then, on 17 December, I met with the parents of the deceased young man, in Dundalk. I conveyed to them the sympathy of the Government on their terrible loss and our determination to see justice done in this matter.

A very active criminal investigation by An Garda Síochána is ongoing and receiving excellent co-operation and assistance from the PSNI. My colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr Brian Lenihan T.D. has discussed this case with Secretary of State Woodward and NIO Security Minister Paul Goggins in the context of the ongoing investigation. I would again urge anyone who has any information on this murder to pass it on to the two police forces. It is only through full co-operation with the law enforcement agencies that the authors of this vicious crime will be brought to justice.