Responsibility for Referral Service
Professor O’Donoghue sought clarification on whether the referral-service matter lay with the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Taoiseach said it was a separate question and offered to communicate with him later.
I understood Deputy Glenn to say that it was stated in the reply which she received from the Minister for Justice that it was a matter for the Attorney General. The Minister for Justice said that it was a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions. Could we have some clarification on that?
Comment on this
I am dealing with a quite separate question. The Deputy is asking about a question that was dealt with in the last session. I take it that the written reply arose from the fact that the Minister's questions were not reached and written replies were issued to all Deputies at that time. I have not got the terms of the reply here. It is a separate question. I can communicate with the Deputy but I cannot possibly deal with it now.