Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In fairness, Irish Governments have successively been supporting the case of Seamus Ludlow in terms of getting answers and securing the engagement of the British Government and others on the matter. Of that, I have no doubt.

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In fact, the Irish Government, in terms of all parties, has probably been the one party that has honoured its commitments under the Good Friday Agreement as regards legacy issues. We set up the Smithwick inquiry, which is not often acknowledged. We did, however, and we were prepared take whatever came out of that particular inquiry in respect of the murder of two RUC members.

I am also well aware of the murderous work of the Glenanne gang, the deeply poisonous legacy they left and the degree of collusion involved. I have met Eugene Reavey on a number of occasions. He has worked tirelessly over many years in search of the full truth regarding the murder of his three brothers. We are, and will remain, committed as a Government to getting through it and getting all groups involved who have lost loved ones as result of violence, terror and murder.

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