Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I commend Geraldine Finucane and her family on following through on this and I note her comments yesterday. I have asked for a copy of the judgement, which I have not yet received and which I will need to read. Deputy Adams and I have discussed this before. Clearly the Fresh Start agreement in respect of legacy issues, in my view and the view of the former British Prime Minister, has the potential to have released all files and information held on persons who suffered, and in many cases died, during the troubled times.

I think this is a case that should be dealt with. Judge Cory made his recommendations and they were followed through in this jurisdiction, where he made those recommendations, but not in Northern Ireland. I would like to read the judgment in full and have a report furnished to me on it. I am quite happy to have it raised when I have had an opportunity to read those and to see where it might be possible to follow through. As I have said to the Deputy previously, if people are serious about providing information about loved ones who were bombed, shot or killed or where loss of life occurred, that capacity is inherent in the Weston Park agreement and also in the Fresh Start agreement. I would like people to live up to their responsibilities and provide the information so that loved ones and family members can bring closure to these things that happened so long ago.

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