Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I again put on the record of the House our commendation for the Justice for the Forgotten group, without which I do not believe we would even have seen the progress we have. I acknowledge that, for many years, the victims' families and the survivors of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings were essentially ostracised. There were 30 years in this House when there was not even a parliamentary question submitted in respect of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. I appreciate that we have now moved to a point where not only is there cross-party support, but there is unanimous all-party support in this House. However, we need to recognise that if we are truly to deal with reconciliation and address the legacy of the past, the full facts of the atrocities that were carried out must be divulged. When a state actor such as the British State has within its possession information that could lead to some of those truths being uncovered but is withholding it, we need to raise our voice against it at every opportunity.

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