Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What has been made very clear is that the Garda is engaging. In fact, as regards the structures that needed to be put in place to allow the Garda to provide information where it could not with the ongoing investigation, those measures were implemented and changed in order that gardaí could provide the information they have. It has been made very clear to me that the information is being provided, that they are co-operating and that they want to engage and want to undercover the truth here, just like all of us. I appreciate from the point of view of the families the disappointment at not being able to access certain information. However, when there is a file that is open and ongoing, irrespective of the case, the number of people involved or when it happened, information that might prejudice an ongoing case cannot be provided. We need to make sure we continue to do everything we can to uncover the truth here, and that is exactly what this Government has done over many years. Again, I cannot stress how regrettable it is that nobody has been held accountable, but we must continue to work in whatever way we can to try to change that.

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