Jim D'Arcy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Stone for her presentation which was one of the most comprehensive and clearest I had heard in a long time. Regardless of where I go in the North, it is not long before people raise this issue. When we were in Dungannon with Ms Gildernew, we heard people speak about it. The Justice for the Forgotten group discussed it recently with this committee. Does Ms Stone agree that the issue informs many of the current political positions in the North? The committee had a lengthy discussion on the Haass report. Does she think the recommendation made in the report on victims and survivors can be a template for making progress in this area and would she add anything to it? She has noted that a review is ongoing of the victims' and survivors' service. Has there been much of a take-up of the service? What is the level of buy-in?