Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 April 2014
592. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 10 April 2014, if he will deal with the issue being posed that new information has come to light since the trial in 1975 and since the original Garda investigation with the conducting of an inquest and autopsy in 2011 and on that basis if he will order a reopening of the case. [19471/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs I set out in my response to the Deputy in Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 10 April 2014, I do not have any function in relation to the investigation of criminal cases or the inquest process. In this instance the death in question was the subject of a full Garda investigation resulting in a person being charged with murder. Following a trial in 1975, the jury returned a verdict of guilty but insane. In December 2011 an inquest was held into the death which returned a verdict of "Unlawful Killing". The investigation of any further evidence in relation to this or any other case is a matter for An Garda Síochána.
