Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will discuss with An Garda Síochána the possibility of establishing an avenue to deal with information forthcoming in the cases of persons who disappeared during the 1916 to 1923 Troubles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19014/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Over the course of the War of Independence and the Civil War it is acknowledged that there were cases in which people were killed and whose remains may lie in unidentified locations. Of course, this was one of the very unfortunate outcomes of a turbulent period of conflict in the State's history. While these are historical issues at this stage, the normal avenues for reporting to An Garda Síochána are the appropriate means to address the issue of any credible information relating to the whereabouts of such remains.