Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 November 2012
23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will issue a public statement calling for the release of Marian Price in view of the fact that she has been imprisoned for 18 months without any trial date and medical reports indicate that she is not fit to attend trial. [50058/12]
View answerThe individual referred to has been detained since 13 May 2011, following the revocation of her life licence by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Genuine concerns have repeatedly been raised about several aspects of this case in the House on many occasions, and I have raised them very frankly with the British Government.
As the record of the House will show, I raised this case with former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson on several occasions, and more recently have raised the matter with the new Secretary of State of Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers. I know that the Taoiseach also took the opportunity to raise the matter with the Secretary of State Villiers when he met her on 2 October.
