Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken or plans to take arising from the report of the Hartnett Inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied), who died in Garda custody in Clonmel, County Tipperary, in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46757/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As indicated in my response to Parliamentary Question Number 46 of 13 November 2008, the findings of the Hartnett Report have been accepted. Notwithstanding the fact that the Inquest into the death of the person in question has now concluded I am still constrained in what I can say due to the fact that civil proceedings instituted by the person's family are still ongoing.

A Chief Superintendent had been appointed under the Garda Síochána (Discipline) Regulations 2007 to deal with disciplinary matters arising from the Report. The question of discipline for members is, in the first instance, a matter for the Commissioner and I understand that one member has been dealt with under that process and the process is ongoing in respect of two others.