Vol. 502 No. 2
100 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions in which a person (details supplied) acted as a intermediary between his Department and foreign investors in relation to the passport for investment scheme; if he will outline the companies which subsequently benefited from an investment arising from the involvement of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7431/99]
The person in question was never engaged, retained or requested by my Department to act as an intermediary. My information is that any involvement he may have had with the investment-based naturalisation scheme was solely on behalf of applicants or prospective recipient companies. He was never in receipt of any payment from my Department in respect of any such work.
In principle, I do not consider it appropriate to furnish information about which adviser, agent or legal practitioner has acted for individuals in immigration, asylum or citizenship matters. In any event, as the Deputy knows, all the files relating to naturalisations granted under the scheme referred to by the Deputy are with the Moriarty tribunal.
