Ms Margaret Urwin:

It is very important that the Stormont House Agreement is fully implemented. We do not know yet whether it will be implemented at all. The consultation process with the Northern Ireland Office, NIO, ended early last October and here we are coming to the end of June and there is no sign of it happening. As Dr. Leahy said, it is important that everybody moves forward together. The Stormont House Agreement was signed by all the parties in the North as well as the Irish and British Governments. If it is implemented it is imperative that we have some form of HIU in this State. The Minister for Justice and Equality told me in a letter last year that legacy cases here would be lumped in with all other ordinary criminal cases. That just cannot happen. If it happens it means that victims in this State are discriminated against. The Taoiseach did seem to hear what we were saying when we met with him in February and said he would consider the issue. We have not had any outcome from that yet but we are hopeful that some form of HIU will be established here. That is the most important point. The British Government has decided not to comply with the three motions passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann and has felt very comfortable not co-operating and under no pressure to do so. It is never questioned by the media. I would like the Irish Government to come out publicly and criticise it for not complying with the motions. The Stormont House Agreement is essential and should be implemented and the HIU should be implemented here.