Mr. Patrick Corrigan:

I agree that the UK Government needs to deliver legislation, a clear commitment to co-operation and, as necessary, additional resources in order to ensure mechanisms to investigate what happened in the past can adequately do their job. While a broad welcome has been given by the Secretary of State and there has been an endorsement of the work done during the Haass process, we have lacked detail in terms of commitments from the UK Government to ensure delivery and a full acknowledgement of its role and responsibilities. More work needs to be done by both the UK Government and the authorities in Dublin. It seems to us that the process is most effective when the UK and Irish Governments are able to work in concert in delivering on their sovereign Government responsibilities both in their own right but also as co-guarantors of the Agreement of 1998. We urge the Secretary of State and the wider UK Government to be more active in their leadership and indicate what it is they are willing to do beyond broad welcomes and endorsement.