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99 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, in relation to the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings, if the Garda were informed twenty years ago by three independent witnesses that a man still living in Portadown, County Armagh, whose name is in the possession of the Garda, was the Parnell Street bomber; if so, the reason he has not been extradited into the jurisdiction to stand trial for murder; the plans, if any, she has to extradite him; and if not, the reason therefor.
100 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice the reason on 17 May 1974, one and a half hours after three no-warning car bombs exploded in the centre of Dublin city, no road-blocks were in place at the Border into the Republic to prevent bombers driving across the Border into Monaghan town, planting a bomb and returning across the Border again.
103 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice the reason the then Garda Commissioner instructed that forensic evidence gathered in the wake of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings be sent to Northern Ireland; if records were kept by Garda of all forensic evidence and information handed over to British officers; if the Garda had any further contact or were informed as to the way in which this information was used; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
104 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice whether the Garda are in possession of British intelligence notes which name at least two men living in Scotland as being responsible for the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; if so, the reason steps have not been taken to extradite these men into this jurisdiction to stand trial for murder; the plans, if any, she has to do so; and, if not, the reason therefor.
105 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice if during any of her frequent meetings with British representatives including the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Sir Patrick Mayhew, she has raised the issue of the alleged non-co-operation of the RUC in the Garda investigation of the 1974 bombings; if so, if she will make a statement on the matter; and, if not, if she intends to raise it.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 99, 100, 103, 104 and 105 together.
