Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to correspondence on the case of a person (details supplied). [48642/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, my Department has responded on a number of occasions to correspondence concerning the case in question and I myself wrote to the person referred to on 1 October. While I fully appreciate the distress felt by all concerned, as has been set out in previous correspondence the prosecution of offences is a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions and I have no function in relation to the management of such prosecutions, nor can I comment or interfere in the manner in which an individual case is dealt with before the courts. The Deputy will also appreciate that I have no function in relation to the correspondence between the person in question and the Office of the Attorney-General.