Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)
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286. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm if there was a Garda investigation into a matter (details supplied) and if officials of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine were interviewed in the course of any investigation. [43986/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I have made enquiries with the Garda authorities about the case referred to by the Deputy and I am informed that the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation have no record of a complaint being received in relation to this matter.

If the Deputy has additional information which he can provide I will be happy to make further enquiries on his behalf.

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a live Garda investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) on 5 October 1981 in Drogheda, County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44010/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware I have no function in relation to the direction or initiation of criminal investigations, which are a matter for the Garda authorities.

I can however advise the Deputy that a complaint relating to the particular case to which he is referring is amongst those being considered under the mechanism established for the independent review of certain allegations of Garda misconduct, or inadequacies in the investigation of certain allegations, which have been made to me as Minister for Justice and Equality, or the Taoiseach, or to other public representatives with a view to determining to what extent and in what manner further action may be required in each case.

A panel consisting of two Senior and five Junior Counsel was established for the purpose. The counsel appointed to the panel were all selected on the basis of their experience of the criminal justice system. The review of each complaint will consist of an examination of the papers in the complaint by a counsel from the panel. Following the review of each complaint a recommendation will be made as to whether any further action is desirable and could practicably be taken.