Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Lambert. Before I allow other members to contribute, I wish to comment on a few notes I have made myself. This is another example we have seen on this committee of Departments just ignoring people when they contact them. We must consider that we are 11 years down the road and that Dr. Kenna did not even get a reply back to his correspondence except on only one occasion. Where any petition or anything which has the backing of 92 relatives of the five men, 28 councils in the country, 73 TDs, 14 Senators, 30 MLAs and eight MPs, it is absolutely crazy we are in a situation where we cannot even get answers from a Department. We have said it before and this is another example of each Department trying to pawn it off on to someone else. I congratulate the families on recognising the importance of Kilmainham Gaol and what is there but my opinion - other committee members can speak for themselves - is that when you have that kind of backing and it is so sensitive, it should be done.

I am aware of some of the myths around quicklime do not stack up as far as I am concerned. Other incidents have shown that it does not affect the skeleton of a person. If we are able to tell about dinosaurs 3 million years ago, I cannot imagine it is that hard to identify skeletons belonging to the families. I will come back in with a further contribution later. I call Deputy Ó Snodaigh.