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Version date: 20 November 2015 - onwards
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79. Action on request.

(1) The Minister may send the request to the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána for the necessary action if satisfied -

(a) that it complies with section 78,

(b) that the purpose for which the evidence is sought specified in the request, or any other purpose for which the consent of the Minister is sought, is one in respect of which the evidence could be obtained in the State if the criminal proceedings for, or the criminal investigation of, the offence concerned in the designated state concerned were being conducted in the State, and

(c) that the evidence -

(i) will be returned by the requesting authority -

(I) when no longer required for the purpose specified in the request (or any other purpose for which the consent of the Minister has been obtained), unless the Minister indicates otherwise, or