Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)

Will the Taoiseach give his views on the reluctance of the British Government to grant a full public inquiry into this case? Does the Taoiseach accept that the inquiry on offer is in effect a British Government controlled inquiry into collusion by British Government security services? It is a nonsense. It is not an inquiry at all. The Inquiries Act restricts the control of the inquiry judges, allows for the deletion of details of findings made by the inquiry and effectively transfers control of the inquiry from the judges to a Minister.

Does the Taoiseach accept that if the Finucane case were to proceed under the terms of that Act the end result would be another cover up, which is not acceptable? Is it not time to end the cap in hand approach on this issue and change tactics to demand a full public independent inquiry? If there is good faith between the two Governments, surely that can be achieved?

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