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

On behalf of the Government, I would like to work with the British Government, victims' groups and political parties to ensure we could have an approach to legacy that involved the provision of information, the taking of cases and cross-Border co-operation on the island and in Great Britain in order that we could respond to the concerns expressed by many in the unionist community regarding the activity of gangs that operated across the Border and so on. If the British Government moves ahead with what it is doing, however, we cannot and will not support it. On that basis, we cannot provide the cross-Border co-operation that is needed to establish truth and justice for people who are seeking that where it is possible to do. For many reasons, we need the British Government to rethink its approach in the space. If it does, it will find that the Government will work constructively to help it.

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