Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will make two points. First, this incident happened a long time ago and it will not be easy to locate the remains. I want to establish if the Government or the Defence Forces serving in Lebanon recently made contact with either the Palestinian or the Lebanese authorities? I know that in 2001 the then Minister, former Deputy Michael Smith, and others had been in contact with the Palestinian authorities and that there might have been a possibility that somebody would be able to assist in finding the location of the remains. Will the Minister or an official from his Department meet Mr. Frank Sumner about the issues he has raised in his book? It would be in the public interest to meet him, to hear what he has to say and to either investigate or dismiss them, as is the Minister's right. These issues need to be addressed and answers given.

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