Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am a new Member of the Oireachtas and a new member of the committee. I want to ask the members of the commission about some of the details of their work, if they do not mind. I do not mind which of the commissioners chooses to respond based on how they organise their work.

Taking it through, where we have been to date, over the course of the Troubles there were 16 people disappeared. The Provisional IRA has admitted responsibility for 13 victims, mostly in a statement issued in 1999. One victim was admitted to by the INLA. No attribution has been given to the others. To date, the remains of 13 of the disappeared have been recovered, 11 of whom have been recovered through the commission's efforts.

I refer to the three victims to be located yet. I note in Mr. Geoff Knupfer's statement the commission has some information about the late Mr. McVeigh. Could they talk us through exactly where the commission is on each of them and on the previous instances, of the other pieces of information that came?

If possible, will he outline the way in which that information came? Was it in written form or did it come via different communication? How can we best understand how that work has been achieved to date?