Mr. John Finucane:

I do not make my comments in a personal capacity. It is obviously well known that I am a solicitor by profession and the son of Pat Finucane. I stand over the comments and they are not personal. It is right that Mr. Yeates's comments are called out for what they are. He said he made those comments out of frustration that families have had to go to court. Perhaps if that was the case, he would diagnose the problem more accurately as to why families have had to go to court or, in some cases, why families have had to fight to go to court - for up to five decades or longer in some cases. That is not because of the practitioners to whom they turn. It is because of the circumstances and obstacles, which Mr. Yeates will be very well aware of, that have been placed in front of them. I think I have made my point so I do not wish to labour it.