Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change) | Oireachtas source

Last night, the Tánaiste said in this House:

Today, we mourn with [the families] the great loss suffered by the victims of the bombs of 17 May 1974. We offer our humble acknowledgement of the obstacles [they] have overcome and the mountain [they] have climbed to get your campaign to where it is today. We recognise our own past shortcomings as a State and political system.

On this 50th anniversary commemoration, we have to recognise that. More than anything, the families would welcome the Government stepping in and releasing the Garda files. The Minister said she would raise it with the Tánaiste. The files should be released and that should be announced as soon as possible. The information on held on files under the Commissions of Investigation Act should also be released immediately to the families. A line of communication, like the line of communication that was set up with the Stardust families, should be set up with these families in order that they and their legal teams can start asking the Government for what they need to get justice and truth. That is what they want more than anything.

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