§ Mr. StanbrookTo ask the Attorney-General if he will list all cases where extradition warrants for persons accused of terrorist offences have been issued in the United Kingdom for execution in the Republic of Ireland during the past five years, showing the stage reached or final result in each case.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI refer my hon. Friend to answers given on 8 and on 13 December 1988 by my hon. Friends the Ministers of State for the Home Office, the Scottish Office and the Northern Ireland Office. Since their answers were given, one request for extradition made this year to the Republic of Ireland, in the case of Patrick Ryan, has been refused.
Warrants issued in the United Kingdom for the arrests of 23 fugitives believed to be in the Republic of Ireland now are outstanding; but I do not think that it would be in the public interest to specify how many of these warrants have been issued in connection with terrorist offences.
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Names Crime Result Gerard Patrick Fearon Murder Convicted. Life imprisonment Possessing firearms (1) Acquitted Possessing firearms (2) Convicted. 5 years imprisonment Causing grievious bodily harm Convicted. 5 years imprisonment Thomas Patrick Morgan Murder Convicted. Detention at discretion of Secretary of State Possessing firearms (1) Convicted. 5 years imprisonment Possessing firearms (2) Convicted. 5 years imprisonment Causing grievious bodily harm Convicted. 5 years imprisonment Daniel Joseph O'Rourke Murder Convicted of manslaughter. 10 years imprisonment Possessing firearms (1) Acquitted Possessing firearms (2) Acquitted Causing grievious bodily harm Acquitted Francis Joseph Gormley Murder Convicted. Life imprisonment Owen McCartan Smyth Counselling/procuring murder Acquitted Mark Gerard Hannigan Attempted murder Acquitted Conspiracy to murder Convicted. 10 years imprisonment Wounding Convicted. 12 years imprisonment
§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Attorney-General if he will list each of the applications that he has made to the Republic of Ireland for the extradition of suspects on terrorist charges over the last five years, setting out in each case whether the outcome was successful and, where not successful, why it was not successful, and indicating in each case whether the process was completed before or after the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI refer my hon. Friend to answers given on 8 and on 13 December 1988 by my hon. Friends the Ministers of State for the Home Office, the Scottish Office and the Northern Ireland Office. The Anglo-Irish Agreement took effect on 24 November 1985. Since their answers were given, one request for extradition made this year to the Republic of Ireland, in the case of Patrick Ryan, has been refused.
Warrants issued in the United Kingdom for the arrests of 23 fugitives believed to be in the Republic of Ireland now are outstanding; but I do not think it would be in the public interest to specify how many of these warrants have been issued in connection with terrorist offences.