Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the proposed establishment of a DNA database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46311/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Government is committed to the early establishment of a DNA Database to assist the Garda Síochána in the investigation of crime. The Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill, which will provide for the establishment and operation of the database, is currently being drafted and I expect to be in a position to publish the Bill this session with a view to its enactment in 2013.