Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 February 2006
119 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government knows of or has been passively or actively involved in the carrying out of abductions by foreign secret services on the State’s territory or that of other states. [3733/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am aware of media reports that abductions have been carried out in other states by foreign secret services, and that criminal investigations have been initiated in two European jurisdictions into such abductions. The Government is completely opposed to such abductions and there is no question of any involvement on our part. I am not aware of any suggestion that such activities, which would be illegal under Irish law, might have been carried out on the State's territory. Questions relating to operational security issues within the State are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
