Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 25:

In page 15, to delete lines 33 and 34.

With regard to both amendments, there is no need to restrict the functions of the director. It seems unnecessary and could foreseeably impact on effective investigation and potential digs at sites. We strongly oppose that the Government would be given this unilateral power through legislation. The director should report to the Government the issue of such sites but any decisions not to proceed with the excavation of the suspiciously buried remains should at least lie with the coroner, the families of the unidentified individuals and the advisory group, where the views of the wider survivor community would also be taken into account.