Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the current situation with regard to the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Flood and Mahon tribunals; the stage these investigations are at; when she expects decisions to be reached; if she has set a deadline for these decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32595/16]

Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the current situation with regard to investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; the stage these investigations are at; when she expects a decision to be reached; if she has set a deadline for this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32596/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 77 together.

The Deputy will appreciate that investigations into the matters referred to are properly dealt with by An Garda Síochána in the first instance and I, as Minister, have no role in relation to the conduct of particular Garda investigations. Similarly, the decision on whether or not to prosecute in a particular case rests solely with the Director of Public Prosecutions, and it is not open to me intervene in this regard.

However, to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have sought an update from the Garda authorities in relation to these matters and I will contact him again when a report is to hand.