41 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to reduce access to and use by criminals of firearms, in view of the fact that the number of murders involving the use of such weapons has increased from four in 1998 to 21 in 2003; the steps he intends to take to ensure that those using such weapons are brought to justice in view of the fact that proceedings have been commenced in respect of only four of the murders in which firearms were used in 2003; the position in regard to his review of the firearms control policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6222/04]

Summary

41 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to reduce access to and use by criminals of firearms, in view of the fact that the number of murders involving the use of such weapons has increased from four in 1998 to 21 in 2003; the steps he intends to take to ensure that those using such weapons are brought to justice in view of the fact that proceedings have been commenced in respect of only four of the murders in which firearms were used in 2003; the position in regard to his review of the firearms control policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6222/04]

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Gangland Killings.

  xml · EN · 26 February 2004

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.