Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

My understanding is that Geraldine Finucane cut the meeting short. I have spoken to successive British Prime Ministers about this issue. We need to understand the nub of the issue. Nothing like the Pat Finucane case illustrates the amount of collusion that took place during the conflict. The current British Government played no part in that collusion, therefore Mr. Cameron should be liberated to do what was promised to the family at Weston Park. Today's telephone call was probably the first conversation the Taoiseach had with Mr. Cameron since 17 May. I appreciate and accept entirely the Taoiseach's commitment to this issue of a full inquiry for the Finucane family but the Government must press this hard. Once again the British Government is looking to play a long game on the issue and it is not fair. It would not be fair for any victim of the conflict and it is certainly not fair when the victim is an officer of the court, a human rights lawyer and a person whom it is rightly suspected, and there is lots of evidence to support this, was killed by agents of the British Crown. I ask the Taoiseach on the back of his fulsome commitment to press this issue with Mr. Cameron with all urgency.

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