STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 69 OF 2006

COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION (DEAN LYONS CASE) REVISED ORDER 2006

Commission of Investigation (Dean Lyons Case) Revised Order 2006

WHEREAS pursuant to section 3(1) of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 (No. 23 of 2004) the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, made a proposal to the Government for the establishment of a commission to investigate the matters specified in Article 3(a) of this Order and to make any reports required under that Act in relation to its investigation;

AND WHEREAS the Government by decision made on 22 November 2005 considered those matters to be of significant public concern;

AND WHEREAS a draft of the following Order has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas, together with a statement of the reasons for establishing the commission, and a resolution approving the draft has been passed by each House;

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3(1), 4(1) and 7(2)(a) of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 , hereby order as follows:

1.        This Order may be cited as the Commission of Investigation (Dean Lyons Case) Revised Order 2006.

2.        In this Order, -�Act-� means the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 (No. 23 of 2004).

3.        A commission is hereby established to -

(a)       investigate, subject to the terms of reference set under Article 4(b) of this Order and the Act, matters relating to and surrounding the making of a confession by Dean Lyons (deceased) about the deaths of Mary Callinan and Sylvia Shiels in March 1997 in Grangegorman Dublin 7, and

(b)       make any reports required under the Act in relation to its investigation.

4.        The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is -

(a)       specified as the Minister responsible for overseeing administrative matters relating to the establishment of the commission, for receiving its reports and for performing any other functions given to him or her under the Act,

(b)       authorised to set the commission's terms of reference, and

(c)       authorised to appoint the member or members of the commission.