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

To be fair, the Deputy contacted me during the week in respect of the Sean Brown case and he has been consistent regarding the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in seeking answers from the British Government regarding that terrible atrocity. In the Sean Brown case, I support the family in its quest for an inquiry. We would have preferred if both Governments and all the political parties in Northern Ireland could have agreed to a proper legacy facility and mechanism. The British Government and the Irish Government did not see eye to eye on the British Government's proposal, which was a unilateral proposal. Hence, unfortunately, we then had no option but to take an interstate case. The overall issue of legacy is not satisfactory at the moment.

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