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

The difficulty is that the British Government has never acknowledged the full extent of its role in the conflict. This was alluded to in the documentary and since then. The British Government has been dragged kicking and screaming - sometimes after decades of investigation - into acknowledging some incidents where it was responsible. That is the missing element. It has been the missing element in the peace process and it is certainly the missing element in the Minister's engagement with the British Government. The Government is co-guarantor of these various agreements. It is not a silent partner or minority stakeholder or shareholder. It is long overdue for it to have a frank and open conversation with the British Government to acknowledge the full extent of its role. This involved controlling and arming loyalist paramilitaries throughout all the decades of the conflict in targeted murders and assassinations of innocent civilians, human rights lawyers, GAA officials, Sinn Féin elected representatives and so on. That is what we are talking about. The British Government has never accepted its full responsibility and the Minister has never ensured it does. Will the Minister do this and will there be a debate before the summer recess on the issue of British state collusion? Will the Minister look at an extensive and comprehensive international examination of these matters?

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