Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am sure she is delighted to be spending it with me. I hope she gets some time to enjoy it later.

I thank the Deputy for raising a very serious issue. It is a rare issue on which the Deputy and I agree. Our view on the UK legacy Act has been clear since the legislation was first published. We are opposed to it. It is a unilateral move in the wrong direction and represents a fundamental break from what the two Governments and most parties in Northern Ireland agreed to in the Stormont House Agreement. As the Deputy knows, the Act was opposed by all political parties in Northern Ireland and in this House. It is opposed by civil society and by church leaders. We did take the interstate case. We did not want to find ourselves there but we have. I will seek an update in that regard. I have not been given a timeline. I also will be travelling to Belfast on Friday where I hope to have an opportunity to discuss this with the parties.

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