Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-21
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Éamon Ó Cuív (FF), Galway West

The Tánaiste knows my concern about the treatment of republican prisoners in Maghaberry Prison and it is a long-term concern. I bring to his attention the case of a Dermot Burke, who is in prison in Maghaberry at present. He was arrested in January and has been held in solitary confinement since. During that period he has been scanned 18 times by an X-ray body scanner and he has had no visits from family. They keep saying that something is being secreted within his body. Can urgent representations be made by the Government to the authorities on the need to allow independent medical supervision of the next scan in order that we can get to the bottom of this particular case? I would suggest, for example, that the International Red Cross could provide that independent medical supervision because it has the capability to do so.

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Sitting date: 2024-03-21