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Dáil Éireann - Volume 471 - 21 November, 1996

Written Answers. - Special Criminal Court.

Mr. Ellis Mr. Ellis

1689

[1689] 31. Mr. Ellis asked the Minister for Justice whether the 16 prisoners released and rearrested following the improper constitution of the Special Criminal Court are the only people affected by the court's decisions during the period when it was not properly constituted. [21811/96]

Mr. D. Wallace Mr. D. Wallace

48. Mr. D. Wallace asked the Minister for Justice whether Judge Dominic Lynch participated in cases in the Special Criminal Court since 1 August 1996, where bail was granted; if so, the cases involved and the charges brought. [21789/96]

Miss Coughlan Miss Coughlan

50. Miss Coughlan asked the Minister for Justice the precise number of cases heard by the invalidly constituted Special Criminal Court between 1 August and 1 October 1996; and the number of cases heard between 1 October and 5 November 1996. [21759/96]

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Owen) Nora Owen

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Owen): I propose to take Questions Nos. 31, 48 and 50 together.

His Honour, Judge Dominic Lynch participated in sittings of the Special Criminal Court on four dates since 1 August 1996, viz., 8, 15, 16 and 28 October. At those sittings the court heard 11 cases involving 21 persons.

Arising out of these four sittings, a total of 17 persons were remanded in custody and four other persons were remanded on continuing bail. One of the 17 persons remanded in custody at a sitting of the Special Criminal Court which included Judge Lynch was subsequently granted bail at a sitting of that court which did not include Judge Lynch. In addition, one of the persons who was remanded in custody at a sitting of the court including Judge Lynch, was so remanded following the refusal of his bail application.

The cases where persons were remanded on continuing bail at sittings of the Special Criminal Court which included Judge Lynch and the charges brought in those cases are set out hereunder:

Date	Case	Charge
8 October	DPP-v-Colm Peake	Possession of firearms
15 October	DPP-v-John Quinn	Membership of an unlawful organisation and possession of ammunition
15 October	DPP-v-Robert McGilloway	Possession of explosives
15 October	DPP-v-Pauric Fee	Possession of explosives

The cases of all 21 persons who appeared before Judge Lynch at the Special Criminal Court are ongoing before the courts.

Dáil Éireann 471 Written Answers. Special Criminal Court.

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