§ Q1. Mr. Townsendasked the Prime Minister if he has any plans to visit Dublin.
§ The Prime Minister (Mr. James Callaghan)I have at present no plans to do so.
§ Mr. TownsendWill the Prime Minister explain to Mr. Lynch that any call from the Irish Government for a long-term British disengagement from the North would only intensify and prolong the current IRA campaign in the North?
§ The Prime MinisterI am not going to Dublin, but I think that on the last occasion when the Taoiseach and I met we discussed these matters, and the communiqué that was published afterwards represented our views very clearly.
§ Mr. KilfedderWill the Prime Minister ask Mr. Lynch to review immediately the situation in which Provisional IRA members wanted for crimes in Northern Ireland are not extradited from the Republic, despite the fact, for instance, that the Republic has successfully sought the extradition from Holland of an alleged IRA member who was wanted on a charge of attempted armed robbery?
§ The Prime MinisterI am not going to Dublin, but it is the case that the Government of the Republic have taken action in certain very serious cases—including one in particular that is in everyone's mind—and I have no doubt that they will continue to do so.