Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

It is almost the anniversary of the murder of Pat Finucane. The Taoiseach is aware of the campaign by his family for a full public inquiry here. Judge Peter Cory recommended that after assessing all the information in the public domain. The Taoiseach recently answered a question of mine stating that he supported this recommendation. If we put down a simple, non-political motion, calling for a public inquiry, as per the recommendation of Judge Cory, is the Taoiseach and the Government prepared to support that?

The community restorative justice schemes were introduced as an alternative to the PSNI in County Down and were recommended by a member of Sinn Féin. Has there been any discussion with the British Government about the amount of money that is being paid directly into these schemes? Mr. Auld recently said that if the community restorative justice organisation were to agree to have a relationship with the PSNI, then it would be putting itself out of business. In a recent article, Garret FitzGerald mentioned five points that are clearly of serious importance, where quite a number of members of the restorative justice committees were previously members of the IRA. What is the Taoiseach's position on this? Has he had discussions with the British Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on moving this issue to a stage where communities can have a police force in which they have full and proper confidence? Have there been discussions about the level of direct payment being made in respect of these schemes?

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