Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask the Taoiseach about legislation on information retrieval agreed between the Irish and British Governments on 15 October 2015.

This was led jointly by the Houses of the Oireachtas and Westminster in January last year. As part of this process, the Government drafted and published an international agreement to establish the independent commission. The commission has not yet commenced because the British Government insists on imposing a so-called national security veto regarding the process. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan, has raised this issue with the British Secretary of State, as have I. Has the Taoiseach raised this matter with the British Prime Minister?

I have made four formal requests, some in writing, for a meeting with the Taoiseach and the Sinn Féin leadership to discuss these issues. Given the tone in which the Taoiseach addresses me every so often about the North, it would be expedient if he would agree to such a meeting.

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