Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report from the garda authorities regarding the circumstances in which a quantity of explosives was unwittingly brought into this country by a Slovak citizen; the contact he has had with the Slovak authorities on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5594/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer Deputy Lynch to my reply to Question No. 8 today to Deputy Doyle. As I have indicated, the Garda Commissioner has appointed a Detective Chief Superintendent to inquire into all the circumstances surrounding the incident. That inquiry is ongoing and a report is awaited. Until that report is available, it is not possible to say for definite how the error occurred in Slovakia and what actions were taken by the authorities there when the error was discovered. When the report is completed I will consider what further action, if any, is required on my part.