Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason no action was taken on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15317/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the matter referred to by the Deputy relates to the circumstances surrounding the release of a prisoner from Mountjoy Prison on 25 May 2010 and subsequent investigation.

At the time of receipt of the report from an external investigator in late 2013, civil proceedings against the State had been initiated by the prisoner concerned arising from events of May 2010. These proceedings have now concluded.

As the inquiry was an internal operational matter, it was never envisaged that the report would be published or furnished to parties to the inquiry. However, arrangements are in train to notify the relevant parties of the conclusion of the operational inquiry.