Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is always healthy to be a little sceptical of State agencies when they have the capacity to deprive one of one's liberty. It is good for all of us to have that approach and we should question matters. The BBC programme to which the Deputy referred was about a time when things were very different. I was here for the inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Anyone who sat at the table and looked at the pieces we saw was very clear that we were living in an entirely different space. In terms of transnational crimes, terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking and all such crimes, when one is negotiating an agreement with other countries, the only thing one can do is ensure that what is in that agreement is robust and one must then assume that the country which it is with will follow the law in their own land. I believe we can be assured of that. If that does happen, as I have said it to Deputy MacLochlainn, there are various of mechanisms in place to ensure people have access to their records and that they have a means of redress.