Mr. John Bruton:

Senator Mitchell had finished his consultations with all the parties, including Sinn Féin and the IRA, before the bomb and before he issued his report. It is highly unlikely that the IRA or Sinn Féin, if they knew, would have told him "by the way, we're planning something shortly."

I do not think he had guilty knowledge at all. The tone of his report suggested he was quite optimistic about there being an end to the violence but, in fact, it was not the end. That is all I can say about it.