Stardust report publication
Deputy Broughan asks when the Pat McCartan report on the Stardust tragedy will be published and whether it will lead to a new inquiry. The Minister says he expects to read it soon and will act and update the Deputy within days.
It is my understanding that the former Deputy and judge, Pat McCartan, delivered his report on new evidence compiled by the Stardust Relatives and Victims Committee on the Stardust tragedy in 1981 to the Minister for Justice and Equality in the past few days. When will the Minister be in a position to publish it and lay it before the Dáil? Will it form the basis of a new commission of investigation?
Comment on this
The Deputy is right. I hope to be in a position to read the report very soon whereupon I will take appropriate action and will be happy to communicate with the Deputy in a matter of days.