Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

----- for Justice for the Forgotten. I refer to the attitude here, where there is only one campaigning group, namely, Justice for the Forgotten, for survivors of the atrocities of the previous 30 years. However, there are groups being funded directly by the British Government north of the Border. Can the Taoiseach not find it within his gift to reverse the decision and restore funding to Justice for the Forgotten to allow this campaigning group to proceed with its work, as it is clear that closure has not been reached?

Finally, on the issue the Taoiseach referred to and what I would regard as a most unique, unprecedented and historic decision of this House in July 2008, namely, a unanimous all-party resolution calling on the British Government to make available all original material relating to those atrocities of May 1974 to an independent international inquiry, with respect, I have to put it to the Taoiseach, that he has failed since then to press that decision of this House with the former British Prime Minister over that period. He has never been able to confirm that he had raised the matter with Gordon Brown throughout the entire period of their respective positions in office.

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