Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the degree to which his attention has been drawn to the details of the hearing at Liverpool Crown Court in June 1995, wherein five years' imprisonment was imposed on a person (details supplied); if a procedure is available whereby the courts in this jurisdiction has been made fully aware of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17511/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Proceedings under the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 in relation to the case raised by the Deputy are currently before the courts. As the Deputy will be aware, subject to the Constitution and the law, the courts are independent in the exercise of their functions. As Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I have no function in relation to the determination of the proceedings.