The Taoiseach:

The problem is that, in some respects, we need a comprehensive legacy framework that could deal with all issues. What has been happening in recent years is that various cases have come forward on an individual basis. Depending on how much progress is made on these cases, they get some attention but in an ad hoc way, whereas others do not get any attention at all or families do not get sufficient closure. This is the challenge here. Either we get a comprehensive framework to deal with almost all legacy issues or we will end up with individual ad hoc responses. To go back along, we had the Bloody Sunday inquiry. To be fair to the then Prime Minister, David Cameron, he responded in an effective and impactful manner at the time in terms of the apology, which people were worried would not happen. There was an inquiry into Ballymurphy but it was not at the same level. By this, I mean I thought the response could have been a bit better. It is a case-by-case approach, whereas if we were to have a comprehensive framework that commanded the support of survivors and the families of those who were killed, that would be the optimum and would avoid what is happening now.