§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Attorney-General if it is the practice of his Department to indicate to the Irish Attorney-General if extradition requests are urgent or important or both.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIf there are specific time constraints, for example if the person whose return is sought is liable to be released from custody in the Republic of Ireland, it is the practice to draw attention to them.
§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Attorney-General on what date officials in his Department advised the Irish Attorney-General that it was expected that there would be a voluntary return to Northern Ireland by Brendan Smyth and that as a consequence it was not therefore necessary to proceed with the extradition request.
§ The Attorney-GeneralOfficials of my Department informed the Irish Attorney-General's office on 6 December 1993 that there was a prospect of Brendan Smyth returning voluntarily to Northern Ireland.