Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I reiterate and restate the Government’s opposition to this legacy Bill. We think it is entirely the wrong approach to give former army servicemen and former IRA and paramilitary terrorists immunity from prosecution. We owe it to the victims to make sure we all do everything we can to make sure any information that can be given to the police is given to the police and that those people are prosecuted, if at all possible. That is why we are very much against this legacy Bill. I have made that very clear to the Prime Minister, as has the Tánaiste to his counterparts. It has been discussed with the US President and it was discussed at European level as well. The Bill has not yet been enacted. If it is enacted and becomes law, we will at that point give consideration as to whether an interstate case would be appropriate. We do not rule that out. I encourage everyone to play their part when it comes to legacy issues-----

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