Written question asked by Chris Mullin (Labour) on Monday, 3 December 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 January 2002. It was answered by Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Monday, 28 January 2002 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what request he has received for assistance from the Irish Government's Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 1974 Dublin bombing; when the request was received; what his response was; and if he will make a statement. - Inc fact that not available yet.

Answer: Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what request he has received for assistance from the Irish Government's Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 1974 Dublin bombing; when the request was received; what his response was; and if he will make a statement. [20973] Dr. John Reid: An initial request was received by my predecessor from Mr. Justice Barron on 21 November 2000 asking for assistance in his Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin, Monaghan and Dundalk bombings of 1974. All relevant Government Departments and agencies have been engaged in a comprehensive trawl of their files to establish what material may still be in existence. This has required an extremely time consuming manual trawl of a huge number of files. I met Mr. Justice Barron on 17 January to update him on the matter and I hope to be able to respond substantively to his request in the near future.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 379 c3W; 20973
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Bombings Inquiries Government assistance Terrorism Republic of Ireland
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk