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

It is a founding member but this seems to be pandering to an election mandate, manifesto and so on. It shows significant disregard of the plight and the wishes of victims in Northern Ireland in respect of their having the capacity to have investigations into their loved ones carried out and closure brought to their situations.

To answer Deputy Haughey's question, we will continue to engage with the British Government on this. It is engaging with our officials on this but we are awaiting further amendments. We think the best thing to do, and have said this to the British Government, is to pause. We are raising this at every international forum because it is a fundamental matter in respect of human rights but also in respect of the Good Friday Agreement.

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