Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion

Photo of Fergus O'DowdFergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, of course it does not. However, our discussion today should put pressure on people on all sides to come clean about things that have happened in the past. It is important that we, and certainly I, articulate the views of the McVeigh family today. I feel very strongly about that. Nothing has been said by Relatives for Justice that I do not agree with, and I fully support it, but I do not see any reference in its commentary, and perhaps I missed it, to those families specifically. I see that as a weakness. I welcome Professor Rolston's support for what I said. If we are to get peace on this island, we have to make sure there is justice for everybody, which I know is what Relatives for Justice want.

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