Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Tá Acht na Gaeilge faoi chúram an Executive sa Tuaisceart, ó 2007 nuair a bunaíodh an Executive. Mar sin, is ceist í sin atá á phlé ag Aire an Roinn Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, an Teachta Éamon Ó Cuív, lena comhleacaí sa Tuaisceart i dtaobh cén dul ar aghaidh atá le déanamh againn ar an ábhar sin.

Regarding the specific questions about claims being made by this, that or the other person about any activity, these are matters that can be put to the line Minister and to the Garda for investigation in the event of any allegation of criminal activity. From my point of view, as Leader of the Government, my job is to see in what way I can assist the healing process of truth and reconciliation in Northern Ireland in respect of all matters that have taken place during the course of the conflict, and to try to assist in that in a way that will promote public confidence on all sides of the community. That is the role that I would see myself taking in respect of that.

This Government and the previous Administration have, as I stated in my reply, devoted considerable resources to obtaining to the greatest extent we could but, unfortunately, not to the full, as much information as we could on those who died in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, one of whom came from my own home town.

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