Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action she or An Garda Síochána has taken with regard to the case pertaining to her reply to a person (details supplied) of 11 January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35748/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, investigations in relation to criminal acts 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, I have asked the Garda authorities for a report on the matter and I will contact the Deputy directly when the report is to hand.