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

Quite so. Before we finish, I will call on Ms Peake to recap on some of the issues we have to deal with. We have not told the families this but the committee agreed at a previous meeting to visit the places where the remains are believed to be. We hope to do that. We got the consent of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains to do that, which is very important.

I note that Ms Morgan's battle was fantastically fought and eventually successfully won. We have met as a committee with the republican ex-prisoners and, maybe, through the support of Mr. Paul Maskey and other bona fide Sinn Féin members of this committee, which I respect, it might be useful to arrange that process, if that makes sense. The best way to do that would be through Ms Peake, if that is not too much to ask. That might be a constructive way to engage. All political parties have to engage. Meetings between the leadership of Sinn Féin and the families would be very important. We should, again through Ms Peake, request that Deputy McDonald meet with the families. Those are the constructive things we can do and I hope we can all agree on them. If anyone wishes to raise other issues, that can be done in private session in a couple of minutes.

It has been very productive, emotional and powerful to witness the pain and suffering of our guests. The obvious solution is to find the remains of the disappeared and bury them in a Christian way.