The oldest of the cases in the recent "Crimes and Confessions" series concerned the Ratoath or Lynskey murder. This morning I met Mr. Martin Conmey and Ms Ann Donnelly, the wife of Mr. Dick Donnelly and whose brother was Mr. Martin Kerrigan. Will the Taoiseach expedite a full cold case review of that case?

The case destroyed a number of families. The Taoiseach promised to meet with party leaders and I ask that he would bring this forward and order a full statutory inquiry into that case, and also the Sallins case.

Cold case reviews are operational matters for An Garda Síochána. I have made the point more generally about statutory commissions of inquiry that there are serious issues around them in terms of how long they take. I do not believe such commissions are as optimal as we like to think they are for resolving a whole range of issues.

What would the Taoiseach suggest?

As I say, I do not have all the answers. Over 15 or 16 years ago, the answer was to expedite the commission of investigation as an alternative to a public tribunal under the Tribunals of Inquiry Acts, which was the standard approach then. There are challenges with statutory inquiries, and we all should acknowledge that in the House.

Will the Taoiseach commit to some investigation of that?

In the first instance, I think the cold case review is one for the Garda.