Alan Shatter
Ceist:68 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if an inquiry will be conducted into the circumstances relating to the release from St. Loman's Psychiatric Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath, of a 19 year old patient prior to Christmas 1998 who was arrested following the murder of a person (details supplied); if so, if this inquiry will consider the nature of the assessment carried out on this patient and the consideration given to the danger he posed to the local community where he resided; and the nature of the supervision, if any, arranged by the hospital with the health board for this patient prior to his release in order to ensure that any concerns about his posing a risk to the local community could result in an appropriate response. [2056/99]