Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten

Photo of Pauline TullyPauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I was going to come back in, though some of the issues have already been covered. Time is of the essence. The Belturbet bombing, for example, was almost 50 years ago and many other incidents were almost that long ago too. People are passing away, as has been pointed out. It is a pity that the Irish Government has not done more around the recommendations that were made to this committee two and a half years ago to try to ensure that people get the truth. The only way we are ever going to heal all of our people, regardless of who they are, is if we get truth, justice and reconciliation that allows people to talk about what happened and, hopefully, resolve the issues.

Our party's position in Westminster is well known so I do not think it is helpful to raise that issue here.

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