Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I join the Chairman in welcoming the witnesses and thank them for their contributions and written submissions.

I am very conscious, as we all are, of the great pain the families have suffered, but we are also conscious that there are many others who will watch these proceedings either now or perhaps later as the day progresses. We send our sympathy to and express our solidarity with all of those families, some of whom I know personally.

On the statements which have been read, I will make a number of points and ask some questions.