Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will proceed with an application to the authorities in the United States of America for the extradition of a person (details supplied) to be tried on charges of sexual abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10298/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The decision to seek the extradition of a person charged with a criminal offence rests with the Director of Public Prosecutions and only arises where the Director has decided that a person should be prosecuted in the first instance. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Director is independent in the exercise of her functions and, as Minister for Justice and Equality, I have no function in deciding whether a person should be charged with an offence or whether a person's extradition should be sought.