Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
613. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Interpol red notice requests for arrests that have been received by the authorities here in the past three years, in tabular form; the number that have been carried out; the states they originate from; the alleged offences they have been issued for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37796/17]
View answerAn Interpol Red Notice is a request to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition. It is issued by the Interpol General Secretariat at the request of an Interpol Member Country. It is based on a valid national arrest warrant or court order to either prosecute a person or for a person to serve a prison sentence.
Interpol cannot compel any Member Country to arrest an individual who is the subject of a Red Notice.
Provisional arrest is a concept which is not recognised in Irish legislation. Accordingly, while Ireland is a Member Country of Interpol it does not recognise the Red Notice system and I am advised by the Garda Commissioner that no arrests have been made in Ireland based on Interpol Red Notices.
