Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The point of having a separate summit does not really arise because we raise the issue at every summit.

In so far as the question of what the British Prime Minister says is concerned, the British at every level — from the Prime Minister down — have the same answer, that their Inquiries Act is adequate to deal with this situation. We do not accept that position.

I already replied on the core point in this. I do not know, and cannot tell the House, whether the British will proceed with this in the autumn. Both we and the Finucane family have told them it will not have our support. The international and national groups which support the family have made their point. It would be a costly——

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