Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2004
345 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to ensure that the costs incurred by the Stardust relatives committee in the preparation of the new report on the cause of the Stardust fire will be met by the Government. [13343/04]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that I have not had any approach from the Stardust victims' committee as regards this matter and therefore would not be in a position to give him any view on it at this stage.
346 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report compiled by the Stardust relatives committee on the cause of the fire at the Stardust Night Club on 14 February 1981 and submitted to him in February 2004; the action he has taken on foot of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13344/04]
View answerI can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has received a report on the fire at the Stardust in 1981, which has been compiled at the behest of the Stardust victims' committee. My Department has forwarded this report to the Garda Commissioner and the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination of the material contained in the report, with particular reference to any "new evidence" or matters not dealt with by the tribunal of inquiry.
