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

Tá fáilte roimh na finnéithe chuig an gcruinniú. I am delighted to meet everyone today and listen to the presentation. Sinn Féin recognises that we are in a post-conflict society now and there is a need for reconciliation which is reflective of everyone in society. Our members have been involved and contributed with others to bring about a peace and political process in the North. We have been involved in negotiations with other governments, other parties, NGOs and civic society. We have led to the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements. However, the absence of a truth and reconciliation commission leaves victims and survivors without a recognised recourse for truth and justice.

In her opening statement, Ms McNamee identified addressing the legacy of violence through facilitated dialogue, which is funded by PEACE IV. How does Glencree measure the success of that project? For example, how many participants took part? How representative were they of victims and survivors? What are the common threads coming from the different individuals or organisations that it works with? How much progress has been recently made? In that context as well, with Glencree's consultations with the people and organisations it has met with, particularly from the victims' and survivors' groups, has it come across anyone who supports the British Government's proposed amnesty legislation?