Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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294. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on her meeting with an organisation (details supplied) in July; and her current position on the actions that could be taken to address the long-standing issues of concern raised by the organisation in their campaign for justice. [38069/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My meeting with representatives of the Stardust Victims Committee in July of this year provided an opportunity for me to hear their concerns first hand. At that meeting the Committee and their representatives set out, in some detail, their concerns in relation to the Inquiries into this matter that have been undertaken previously and some related financial issues that have arisen. Since that meeting I have exchanged correspondence with the Committee and their representatives and am now examining whether there is anything that the State can reasonably do to seek to assuage these concerns. I have indicated to the Committee that, while I am prepared to examine matters they wish to bring to my attention, I am anxious that no unrealistic expectations about what can be achieved are raised.

I wish also to inform the Deputy that allegations raised by the Stardust Committee in relation to certain matters are the subject of an ongoing investigation by An Garda Síochána. I am informed, by the Interim Garda Commissioner, that this is a complex investigation and, you will understand, I cannot do anything that might cut across this investigation.