Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

It is a cop-out for the Taoiseach to state that it is up to the Dáil to discuss these matters. As the leader of the Dáil, I presume he would have had - perhaps he can enlighten us - conversations with the British Government representatives. If the Irish Parliament passed a resolution and sent it to the British Parliament asking for action to be taken, I presume, as would all in this House who passed that resolution, that the Taoiseach would pursue it at intergovernmental level.

Has the Taoiseach or any of the representatives sought from the British Government information on the recent claim by a retired RUC Special Branch officer, George Clarke, that British agents were involved in initiating plans to blow up the Sinn Féin offices in Dublin in 1971? Should this not be pursued in the light of the failure of that Government to provide information on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, but also in the light of the fatal bombings by British agents in Dublin in 1972 and 1974? How many other plans were initiated and carried out in this jurisdiction?

Tá ceist eile agam i dtaobh Acht na Gaeilge. Tá sé thar am go mbeadh seo curtha i bhfeidhm sna Sé Contae. Ar phléigh an Taoiseach an cheist seo le Príomh-Aire na Breataine, Gordon Brown. An gcuirfidh seisean brú go gcuirfear an reachtaíocht seo i bhfeidhm gan mhoill nó cad é stádas Acht na Gaeilge sna Sé Contae faoi láthair?

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