Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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579. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to a parliamentary question on 5 February 2014, the reason requests by representatives of a person (details supplied) for a meeting with him have been refused in view of the fact that serious questions arose from the senior counsel's independent examination in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8152/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, the concerns raised regarding this case were the subject of an independent examination and, in keeping with that review's findings, I do not believe that there are grounds for me to take this matter further. In light of this, and while I have considerable sympathy for the person concerned, I have responded to requests for a meeting to the effect that such a meeting would not alter these circumstances, and might only serve to raise unrealistic expectations on the part of the person concerned that there is further action open to me as Minister.