Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Representatives of the Ballymurphy Families

Photo of Fergus O'DowdFergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. Is the proposal to invite the Minister and ask his officials to read the committee's transcripts with a view to responding to queries members have raised agreed to? Agreed.

On the question of other deaths, massacres and so on, I propose we have a meeting on Thursday and discuss that then. I ask members to submit proposals so the clerk can get an opportunity to follow them up. The Stormont House Agreement is a hugely important issue. We will ask the Minister to respond to that urgently and have a follow-up meeting on it.

I think I have covered most of the points raised. There are only about five minutes left. I ask members to agree that we will have a special private meeting on Thursday to discuss the proposed action plan, with the knowledge and support of the family members. In other words, we are not just having a meeting here today. We are going to follow it up with the actions we have outlined and on Thursday we will have a special meeting to drill down into the points on which the families would like us to follow up, to make sure we are not missing any of the actions they would like us to take on their behalf and, indeed, on behalf of everybody.

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