Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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577. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will re-examine the new evidence in relation to the death of a person (details supplied). [8132/14]

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, I do not believe there is any further action open to me in this matter. In particular, as has been set out in the previous correspondence, I have no function in relation to the direction or initiation of criminal investigations, which are a matter for the Garda authorities or, indeed, the preferment of charges which is matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions. Similarly, I am not in a position to comment or interfere in the conduct of an individual case which has been dealt with before the courts.