Mr. John Bruton:

I do not have any role in Europe any more. I ceased to have a role in Europe in 2009. I am sure I have met some of the victims but I have not systematically sought them out. The legislation is unacceptable and I do not accept it. I hope that some form of compromise can be devised whereby there is accountability and information about what happened and all of that, acknowledging, as the Deputy has, that many of the people concerned are elderly at this stage. That applies to those who were paramilitaries who committed atrocities too because paramilitary atrocities are no less atrocious than British army atrocities and we have to recognise both.

I was in touch with the Chairman about Mr. Pádraig Yeates.