Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Stardust fire tragedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25102/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, I met with the Stardust Victims Committee last year and 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. Following that meeting, I appointed an official in my Department to liaise with the Committee and they have engaged with representatives of the Committee in relation to the matters raised in the correspondence referred to by the Deputy.

A researcher associated with the Committee has submitted material relating to these events to my Department and a meeting was held with that Researcher, and the author of the correspondence referred to by the Deputy, on 23 April. The material previously submitted and the matters raised at that meeting are being examined. The Committee has been informed that they will be contacted when this examination is completed.

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