Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Arising from the motion passed by the Dáil on 10 July last, I understand the Clerk of the Dáil communicated the text of the resolution to the House of Commons, together with the report of the commission of inquiry and the Barron reports. I am not aware if any correspondence has been received by the Clerk of the Dáil since then, apart from acknowledgement of its receipt. It is not information that is available in supplementary form to me. The motion urged the UK Government to allow access by an independent international judicial figure to all original documents etc., as the Leader of the Opposition stated in his supplementary.

We will continue to see if anything arises from this. The Houses made this joint resolution and conveyed it to the Houses of Parliament in Britain as an indication of our continuing concern about the matter. I am not aware that anything substantive has arisen thereafter.

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