Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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17. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide reports in relation to the deaths of persons (details supplied) who died in Lebanon in 1989 to each of their families. [35928/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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At the outset I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere sympathies to the families of Corporal Heneghan and Privates Armstrong and Walsh. They died in an incident which occurred on 21^st March 1989, whilst serving with 'C' Company, 64^th Infantry Battalion, United Nations Interim Force in the Lebanon (UNIFIL). On 19^th April 2011, Minister Shatter commissioned Mr Frank Callanan, SC, to carry out an independent review into matters relevant to the deaths of Corporal Fintan Heneghan, Private Mannix Armstrong and Private Thomas Walsh. Mr. Callanan was appointed to carry out the inquiry following the emergence of new evidence in the course of preparation of a legal case. The Minister has met with the families and they have been provided with a copy of the Report. On 19^th September 2011, the Minister published the review.