Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Where does that leave us? Has the Pat Finucane inquiry run into the sand? Is that what the Taoiseach is saying? He referred to the cases selected at Weston Park. I presume he will recall the remarks of Judge Peter Cory at the time when he said: "Without public scrutiny, doubts based solely on myth and suspicion will linger long, fester and spread their malignant infection throughout [the Republic] and Northern Ireland community". I presume the Taoiseach still agrees with that and agrees with the judge that when the term "public inquiry" was used then, it was in the context as understood in 2001. At the end of this Question Time on this matter, what point have we reached?

This is not the only unresolved murder in Northern Ireland and sadly it is not the only one where there was suspected collusion by the security forces. I note that on a matter I raised in this House by way of the Adjournment and otherwise some time ago, the killing of young Raymond McCord, the Taoiseach has agreed, and I thank him for it, to meet his father and whomsoever he decides to accompany him. Perhaps the Taoiseach will take the opportunity to comment on that as well.

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