Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

These families deserve the truth. This was an appalling attack and I am sure many of the families still carry the scars of that. That is why we need to have legacy structures up and running, consistent with what was agreed in the Stormont House Agreement. I continue to prioritise this issue in my conversations with the British Government and I continue to raise it with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. There are many families from different backgrounds who deserve truth and justice, if that is possible, through the legacy structures that have been agreed. We need to get on and do that but to do so legislation needs to be passed in Westminster. That is controversial because in many ways the British Parliament is finding it difficult to pass any legislation as the British Government does not have a majority. We will continue to strongly advocate for the progression of the legacy structures, consistent with what was agreed in the Stormont House Agreement.

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