Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

Tá fhios agam agus deanfaidh mé mo dhícheall. I acknowledge the Taoiseach has raised the issues of Ballymurphy, Pat Finucane and the Dublin-Monaghan bombings with the British Prime Minister, which I appreciate and for which I thank him. However, it has not worked and we are no further on in respect of the aforementioned campaigns. As for the Ballymurphy case, the British Secretary of State did get in touch recently with the relatives regarding Ballymurphy but rejected the notion of an international inquiry. The families do not seek an international inquiry, because they are conscious of the associated costs, but seek an independent international investigation. In the case of Pat Finucane, the British Government concedes there was collusion, with the person who supplied the information, the person who supplied the gun and the person who carried out the shooting all being agents of the British Crown. I will not rehearse the argument again concerning the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Consequently, the reason I gave the example of the report given to Tony Blair when he was Prime Minister is the Government here has enough information. The Taoiseach might know more about these issues than does Mr. Cameron. He simply may not know and I commend an approach in which the Taoiseach meets Mr. Cameron again on foot of the latter having received from the Government the detailed reports on all these issues that are available. Teachta Martin is correct that he attended Ballymurphy and walked part of the site there. Was that three years ago?

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