Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Is there ongoing liaison between the Department and the victims and relatives committee? What has been the outcome of recent meetings that took place between the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, and members of the committee? In a general sense, there is a feeling that the wider Coolock area, the hundreds of families who are affected and all of their relatives affected down through the decades need justice and closure. I thought the best way to do that was to have an immediate commission of investigation. The Minister said Judge McCartan will look at all relevant information and will encourage the public to come forward. For a long time, there has been a Facebook page, Justice for the Stardust 48, operated by Ms Antoinette Keegan and her committee, where people are encouraged to bring forward information. Will this be a scoping exercise which will include the widest possible encouragement of people who, more than 30 years after attending a function there, can ring me up and say they have important new information?

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