Vol. 525 No. 2
770 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a high ranking civil servant attached to his Department has been appointed to advance and monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Victims Commission as recommended in the report; if so, the progress made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24177/00]
In May, 1998 I appointed, with Government approval, the former Tánaiste, Mr. John Wilson, to conduct a review of services and arrangements in place in this jurisdiction to meet the needs of those who had suffered as a result of violent action associated with the conflict in Northern Ireland over the past 30 years. In his report "A Place and a Name", Mr. Wilson made wide-ranging recommendations on measures to be taken to acknowledge and address the suffering of those in question.
My Department has been involved in detailed discussions with other relevant Departments and agencies on the implementation of the recommendations, and in some areas work has already commenced on implementation.
As regards the balance of Mr. Wilson's recommendations, including the recommendation that a high ranking civil servant, preferably in the Department of the Taoiseach, should be designated to advance and monitor the implementation of the report's recommendations, I am now finalising a detailed implementation plan, based on the consultations which have taken place, and I intend to submit this to Government very shortly for approval.
