Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Mr. Frank Murray:

It would be remiss of us not to acknowledge the work done by the dedicated professional team who work for us on a contract basis. They never cease to amaze and impress me with their dedication to the task in hand. I have visited them working on site in different places. I refer in particular to our archaeologists, Ms Niamh McCullagh and Mr. Aidan Harte, and to our contractor, Mr. Aidan Boyle, and his staff. They are all tremendous people and they do not work in the most ideal of conditions, to say the least. Queen's University Belfast has provided us with architectural expertise. We also have Dr. Tim Clayton as our DNA expert, who comes from Birmingham or somewhere in the midlands in England. Behind us there is another team of people without whom we could not have had the successes we have enjoyed to date.

To reiterate where we started, if somebody has given information before, perhaps they might have a rethink. Is there any other little bit or fiddly detail? The detail might seem fiddly but it could be important and lead to the recovery of remains.

Bragan Bog amazes me. I have walked around the bog several times and it is vast. We have searched all of the areas that we have been told to search yet we have not found the remains. Therefore, a little piece of the jigsaw is missing. If somebody thinks they might be able to point it out to us then I urge him or her to please come to us in whatever way he or she chooses, directly or indirectly. All we want is the information that will lead us to the right place. We have no interest in any other dimension. We are not in the business of preparing files for prosecution. That is not our bag. We are only focused on finding the remains wherever they are - nothing more, nothing less.

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