Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Like I said at the start, when you have that many family members and all the support that is there, one opposing view should not stop it. I agree with the other speakers. Why is the OPW there in the first place if it cannot make a decision on something that is under its remit? It should not have to go to the Taoiseach but I join Deputy Buckley in proposing that this committee should write to the Taoiseach to ask him to get directly involved with it if that is what it takes. It is frustrating for us - Deputy Ó Snodaigh would know this from different committees - to hear of one Department trying to pawn it off to another. To have it going on for 11 years at this stage is absolutely crazy. There was no detailed plan of where exactly the individuals were interred. Has the National Graves Association ever made any maps other than what we have here available to the OPW or are there any other maps that would identify-----