Ms Carmel Quinn:

I thank the committee for giving us this opportunity. The point I want to make on the inquests relates to the distress caused to the families. There was a lot of information that we heard for the first time. Our legal team were very good at showing us beforehand what would happen on a given day. The issue was the attitude of some of the soldiers who were called, saying they could not remember. It was the same thing right down the line and was actually put on a website.

The other point is that we were one of the lucky families, along with my neighbours, that actually had an inquest. There are families who have not had any kind of recognition. Their loved ones were there one day and then were murdered, and nothing has happened. Early on in the Troubles, my brother's death was investigated by the royal military police. That was the deal they had and it was all a cover-up system, as we now know.

I want to make the point that the Stormont House Agreement is there and the mechanisms are there, but people cannot move on. People are stuck in the past because there has never been any accountability for what happened, none at all. There was a letter sent to the Irish Government with over 3,600 signatures on it of people from all walks who lost someone in the conflict and are looking for some kind of accountability and justice. That needs to be addressed. The Stormont House Agreement needs to be implemented and the Prime Minister of England needs to be told quite firmly that there is no amnesty on the table. That is how I feel. He came out and gave an apology to the families which I found out about when a reporter rang me to tell me Boris Johnson was apologising to me. This is the same way he will bring an amnesty in; through the back door. The Oireachtas needs to push him on this.