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

First of all, proposals were made that cannot be accepted. We have opposed them and have made it very clear to the British Government that there can be an amnesty for nobody. State forces and governments have a higher moral order in how they conduct themselves, as does the government in any state. Equally, no paramilitaries should have an amnesty either in respect of heinous crimes and murders that were committed against very many people.

The Deputy is correct in saying people want closure, details and to find out what happened to their loved ones and who killed them. Some, such as the two victims groups I met last week, know who killed their loved ones, but they want further information to establish if that could have been prevented, for example, and whether further preventative actions could have taken place with the use of informants, collusion and so on.

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