Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Many victims of the Troubles will find it extremely sad that the Tánaiste has descended to whataboutery to defend inaction. On an issue where every single party on the island of Ireland is in unison we should have unity of purpose in relation to this. Aontú supports truth and justice for every single victim who has suffered wrong in the North of Ireland over that period of time. This legislation is the son and heir of the policy of cover up that the British governments were involved in right through the Troubles. The Act is a threat to what it means to be a liberal democracy, it is a threat to the foundation of law and it is a threat to the foundation of truth and justice. The Tánaiste said "if" the Government in the South should decide to challenge that threat. Where is the moral backbone in the Irish Government to ask the question "if" they should decide to put a legal case against the British Government in relation to the threat to the rule of law, in relation to the threat to justice, in relation to the threat to common decency? That should be something the Tánaiste is consumed with, and not considering for years whether or not the Government should do it. On this occasion will the Tánaiste give hope to the victims on both sides of the Troubles today and commit to bringing the British Government to the European Court of Human Rights to make sure that this legislation is stopped?

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