Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 April 2015
401. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 17 February 2015, if she has received a report on the matter from the Garda Commissioner; and if this is not the case, if she will indicate a time frame for receipt of same. [14836/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by An Garda Síochána that the incident referred to by the Deputy relates to the murder of a man who was shot in Dundalk on 11 December, 2011. The suspect offender later died by suicide in a holding cell at Cloverhill District Court.
The suspect offender was the owner of three licensed firearms. Previous to 2011, his firearms certificates were granted and later renewed in the Garda District Office of Carrickmacross. This suspect offender was granted his first licence in 1997 and at that time and for subsequent licence renewals he was not found to be a person disentitled to hold a firearms certificate. This means in summary that he was not found at the time of licence issue and renewal to be a person of intemperate habits or unsound mind or a person sentenced to imprisonment for an offence under the Firearms Acts or the Offences Against the State Act under Section 8 of the Firearms Act 1925, as amended.Section 8 also applies to a person bound by a recognisance to keep the peace with a condition not to possess any firearm, and to a person not ordinarily resident in the State.
