Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I reiterate what Senator Currie was saying and I support that 100%.

I want to read something out; I will not be long. Innocent civilians have been executed with their arms tied behind their backs. There have been horrific accounts of rape, torture and brutalisation by the powerful of ordinary vulnerable citizens in their war-torn country. These are crimes against the Ukrainian people and these crimes are against humanity. Those same crimes happened in Northern Ireland but that was said by Deputy Mary Lou McDonald. What is good enough for the Ukrainian people is certainly good enough for people living on this island. If we are demanding accountability in Ukraine, we should demand truth, justice and honesty, but the truth is not going to be easy. It is not going to be easy for the Irish Government either because I know from living in a Border county that there are things left unsaid, undone and allowed to go on because of who people are and their connections to paramilitaries.

What was said here should shock me. What Ms McIlvenny said about a complaint should shock us but, unfortunately, it does not because the system is broken. The Good Friday Agreement is not working for the victims. Mr. McCord is 100% right that it is not working for the victims. We are going to have to review a Good Friday Agreement and see what is not implemented in it. There may be things in the Good Friday Agreement which are not being implemented and which may be a pathway for that proper justice. We may have to work towards changing or amending it and making people in power in Northern Ireland accountable for their actions and their inaction. This unaccountability where they seem to be talking out of both sides of their mouths is incredibly upsetting. I cannot even imagine what it is like for the three witnesses sitting here. They have our support and we will take their lead on it.