Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I may not have picked up clearly on the Taoiseach's first response to the questions tabled. Will he confirm in terms of Mr. Justice Barron's ongoing investigations, that the matters relating to the 1972-1973 Dublin bombings in which George Bradshaw, Thomas Duffy and Thomas Douglas were killed; the Belturbet bombing in 1972 which killed two teenagers, Geraldine O'Reilly and Patrick Stanley; the bombing at Dublin Airport in 1975 in which John Hayes died; the Dundalk bombing in 1975 in which Hugh Watters and Jack Rooney died and the Castleblayney bombing of 1976 which took the life of Patrick Mone and the murder of Seamus Ludlow are being addressed? Did the Taoiseach indicate that some would be investigated later? Will we again see a staggered return from Mr. Justice Barron?

Recalling that Mr. Justice Barron included in an attachment to his first report on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings a report on the murder of John Francis Green, is further action being considered on that report? We have received and have proceeded to address Mr. Justice Barron's report on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings but what of the report on John Francis Green? What, in the Taoiseach's view, is the current position of that report? Will further attention be drawn to it? What of Mr. Justice Barron's report on each of the other cases instanced? Where, in the Taoiseach's view, will all that lead?

The sub-committee on the Barron inquiry called upon the Government to establish an investigation into the key missing departmental and Garda documents regarding the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. Has that investigation been established? If not, when will it be established and what form will it take? Will its establishment require legislation or a motion before this House?

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