Call for a specialist unit to investigate
Ms Phelan, whose sister Jo Jo Dullard disappeared in 1995, has travelled to the United States and Britain as part of her campaign for a dedicated unit.
Some 3,000 people go missing here every year. At the end of 2003, the number who remained untraced was 76, similar to the previous year. A large number of those who have gone missing in recent years are non-nationals.