Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste might get an opportunity to ask his Department to provide a briefing for us on this matter. He mentioned in his reply that communities and political parties in the North need to have trust and confidence and need to be able to believe in one another. He said that words matter and that there will be proper follow-through. I am sure he is well aware that since the beginning of this session, the UK Supreme Court has delivered its decision on the Finucane family's challenge against the decision not to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane many years ago and all the collusion that was involved in carrying out that murder. This is something of great concern to Fianna Fáil. Our position has been that we want to see a full public inquiry into this case. As we know, David Cameron did a U-turn on the commitment he gave following the Fresh Start agreement. The Finucane family's challenge against the decision not to hold a public inquiry has failed. However, the family has won a declaration that there has been no effective inquiry or investigation into the murder of Pat Finucane. Will the Tánaiste comment on that? Is he in a position to comment now? I know we are doing this on the hoof. The news has broken since this session started. Maybe we could have an opportunity to discuss it further later today because its implications are of very serious consequence.

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