Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

It depends on what is in the report and how Mr. MacEntee presents it, but I certainly wish to publish the report as quickly as possible because we have to put it into the committee. The House must be sitting when we publish the report. As I understand it, Mr. MacEntee can make recommendations. On the point I made about the British Government, I think there has been co-operation because Mr. MacEntee said the British side has been co-operating. How the information he has got can be legally used is the issue. There are a whole lot of intricacies involved but we will have to wait and see. In all these reports the difficulty arises when it comes to statements of fact and information. The use of names of people who are still alive, or their families, is the continual difficulty that arises.

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