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Appendix 6:

JOINT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE, EQUALITY, DEFENCE AND

WOMEN’S RIGHTS

SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE BARRON REPORT.

REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS

By Resolution of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann on 10 December 2003, the

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan

Bombings of 1974, which has been presented to the Government by Mr. Justice

Henry Barron, was referred to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence

and Women’s Rights. On that date, the Joint Committee published the Report as

part of its ‘Interim Report on the Report of the Independent Commission of

Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings’. The Joint Committee also

decided to establish a Sub- Committee, to be called the Sub-Committee on the

Barron Report to report back to the Joint Committee concerning the following

matters:

(i) Whether the Report of the Independent Commission of

Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974

addresses all of the issues covered in the terms of

reference of the Inquiry.

(ii) The lessons to be drawn and any actions to be taken in

the light of the Report, its findings and conclusions.

(iii) Whether, having regard to the Report’s findings, and

following consultations with the Inquiry, a further

public inquiry into any aspect of the Report would be

required or fruitful.

The Joint Committee has also decided:

(i) that submissions relevant to the above Terms of Reference, both

written and oral, will be sought from interested persons and

bodies:

(ii) that a series of hearings will be held, in public session, to

commence in January 2004: and

(iii) that the Sub-Committee will in due course, submit a report to the

Joint Committee, which will, in accordance with the terms of the

Motion of Referral, report back to the Houses within three

months.

The Members of the Sub-Committee are Deputies Seán Ardagh (Chairperson), Paul

McGrath, Joe Costello, Máire Hoctor, Finian McGrath, Peter Power and Senator

Jim Walsh.

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The Report is available for viewing on the Oireachtas website

(www.oireachtas.ie) and hard copies are also available from the committee

secretariat at the address indicated below.

As part of its consideration of the Report, the Sub-Committee intends to hold a

series of hearings, starting on Tuesday, 20 January 2004, which various interested

parties and bodies and some of those persons referred to in the report will be

invited to attend. In order to assist the Sub-Committee in the hearing process,

submissions relevant to its terms of reference are invited from interested parties

and bodies and from members of the general public.

Submissions should be made in writing only to:

Clerk to the Sub-Committee on the Barron Report,

Leinster House,

Kildare Street,

Dublin 2.

Or by e-mail at: barronreport@oireachtas.ie If possible, submissions should be

sent electronically.

The closing date for receipt of submissions is 5.30 pm Friday 9 January 2004.

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