Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2014
564. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 20 November 2013, the reason for the delay in furnishing the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7880/14]
View answerI refer the Deputy to my replies to him in Parliamentary Questions Nos. 363 of 10 December 2013 and 572 of 15 January 2014. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the position remains as set out in those responses as follows.
"I am informed by the Garda authorities that the incident referred to by the Deputy was fully investigated by An Garda Síochána.
I am further informed that this investigation led to the prosecution of 6 people, five of whom pleaded guilty on 27 September 2013 to an offence contrary to Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1994 and were ordered to pay €300 each to a charity and made subject to the provisions of section 1(1) of the Probation of Offenders Act. A sixth person failed to appear before the court and a bench warrant has been issued for his arrest.
The Deputy will appreciate I have no role in relation to the prosecution or trial of offences, or with respect to judicial determinations in individual cases."
