Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I hope that in his first opportunity to engage with Boris Johnson's successor the Taoiseach will prioritise legacy issues and remind the British Government strongly that it must take on board the concerns of victims and survivors.

As all of us in this House know, the current British Government legislation would allow murderers to give themselves immunity from prosecution. It is absolutely deplorable. In a good interview, Ms Sandra Peake, the chief executive of Wave, spoke with Mr. Rodney Edwards. Ms Peake stated that referrals from victims of the Troubles in need of mental health support have doubled in the past year due to the UK Government's proposals. She stated that "anxiety for victims has been very much to the fore in the past 12 months, and we are not seeing that abating at all." Of course, there is the total lack of co-operation by the British Government in regard to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and the Belturbet bombings. It is deplorable that the government of a democratic country would not co-operate with a sovereign government and parliament in a neighbouring state where we know state forces were involved in the murder of innocent people.

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