Mr. John Teggart:

There is much to cover. I agree with Mr. Ó Muirigh on his point about the need for an independent investigation. There are mechanisms that must be implemented. The Stormont House Agreement and its provisions for setting up an historical inquiries unit must be properly implemented with acceptable leadership. It would be good for those mechanisms to be put in place for a number of reasons, for people across the board.

I mentioned earlier the issue of funding for the mechanisms and the legal system. Funding for the mechanisms that are currently in place must be backed up. It must be ensured that funding for the likes of the offices investigating legacy cases is protected and not lost along the way.

I mentioned earlier the issue of funding for those mechanisms and the legal costs. The mechanisms that are currently in place need to be backed up. It must be ensured that funding for the likes of th are not protected or lost along the way.

Mr. Molloy spoke about the journey of the families being like a rollercoaster ride. It was an emotional rollercoaster. We felt that we were hardened campaigners going into the inquest. We thought we knew it all when we investigated the deaths of our loved ones ourselves. However, once the inquest went into the detail of how they died, the pain and the injuries they suffered and how they were left to bleed to death in some cases, it was very challenging for the families. We brought ten pictures of our loved ones into the courtroom. The idea was to emphasise that they should not be thought of as another statistic, but as people who were murdered in Ballymurphy. We brought in representations of who they were, what their characters were, who they left behind and how the families were impacted by it all. It was a rollercoaster.

Deputy Conway-Walsh mentioned cross-party support. We can see that we have that support currently. However, things need to be implemented. The former Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, Deputy McDonald and others have come forward and visited the sites in Ballymurphy. They have walked in the footsteps of our loved ones. If others were to visit the sites of the Ballymurphy and Springhill massacres, the families would welcome it and it would lift them greatly.

The murders in the Ballymurphy area are linked. When my father was murdered, an 11-year-old boy was badly injured in the field alongside him. He was actually an eyewitness to how the victims were treated by the army when the soldiers came into the field. The boy's father, Paddy Butler, was murdered along with a priest exactly 11 months later on 9 July 1972. Those murders took place in a small area. The boy's father was murdered in the spot where John McKerr was murdered, outside the Corpus Christi Church. Those murders took place in one area alone.

It is important to remember all the children, like Martha Campbell, who were murdered by rubber bullets and other weapons. It was not just the adults who were murdered; our children were also murdered. They were murdered in their own area.

When we were campaigning, I came across archives. It has helped and will continue to help. I must say that it was difficult when we turned our attention to the archives held by the southern Government.

I know the Dublin and Monaghan bombing families have encountered the same issue. As I was saying, that needs to be more accessible. Rather than requesting archive documents, they should be open to family members who are the experts on how their own ones died or on what information they would be looking for. That is one of the things we found difficult when we went down to the South.

On the day that Enda Kenny came to Ballymurphy, he also met the Kingsmill families. He said he would lead by example. Here is what we need to do. The Irish Government needs to lead by example.