Vol. 426 No. 5
101 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Justice if the Garda have completed their investigations into a company (details supplied); if the results have yet been referred to the DPP; if so, the decision, or future action, which is being taken; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a considerable period of time has now elapsed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
It is not the practice for the Minister for Justice to make statements to the House about the progress of individual Garda investigations except in singular instances where the circumstances of an investigation are so exceptional that such a course is deemed to be appropriate. All I propose to say in this case is that I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the matter is the subject of a Garda investigation and when the investigation is completed the file will be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for direction.
