Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We routinely bring forward information to the statutory authorities as a matter of course.

A proposition was made by the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, to An Taoiseach last November to create a process, a mechanism and a climate in which those who suffered abuse can come forward on the basis of a North-South intervention between the Government here in Dublin and the Executive in the North. It took until the other day for the Taoiseach to even respond to or acknowledge that proposal.

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