Joe Costello
Ceist:247 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Justice the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a person (details supplied) in County Meath under mistaken identity on 18 January 1997, his detention in Harcourt Street Garda station, the refusal to allow him telephone his parents, the subsequent incorrect statement on the 19 January 1997 to his parents that he had been charged with larceny when he had not been charged with any offence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2165/97]