Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. They will welcome that because they have been asking to meet somebody at the highest level, either the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade or the Taoiseach, for some time. It is a matter of courtesy and respect for what they have suffered.

It strikes me that there seems to be more effort and interest in protecting the identities and position of those who ordered the torture, as well as those who carried it out, than it is in ensuring justice for the victims. The case will also have significant political implications for the whole nature of torture across Europe and the globe. I urge that a date for meeting the men in question could be fixed for as soon as possible in the new year.

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