Mr. Alan Brecknell:

I picked up most of what Deputy Costello said. As he said, when one contributes towards the end of a meeting then most of the questions will have been asked. That said, it is important that we hear that the Green Party, as well as everyone else, supports the position. I know personally, from speaking to the Deputy, that this is the case.

The Deputy mentioned that the British Government has talked about amending the Human Rights Act in relation to the European Convention on Human Rights. That still would not absolve them of any legal blame for the period of time that they were signed up to it. From a legacy perspective, it does not help them. The Deputy also mentioned something that goes back to what Deputy Peadar Tóibín had asked about earlier and he pointed out that the British Government were signatories to international agreement or whatever. Again, I am sure not whether the following is even possible but it would be interesting to see if the Irish Attorney General could form a legal opinion on the international perspectives of the British Government's proposals. I do not know whether the Attorney General is allowed to as it is a different jurisdiction. However, it does have an impact on the Irish State and how the Irish State deals with legacy as well. That is another thing that the committee might be able to do.

The Deputy is right that it is important things happen at these committees. It is disappointing to hear Ms Urwin say that after the good work that Thomas Leahy had done, a lot of issues were not followed through on. We engaged with him, as did Ms Urwin in the past, and he had some very good proposals.

Finally, I thank the Deputy for his comments.