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

I pay tribute to the family of Sean Browne for their advocacy and for pursuing this case to seek justice and full transparency and truth surrounding it.

In my engagements with the British Government, both as foreign Minister and now as Taoiseach, I have already sought an inquiry. The Court of Appeal has ruled and I think that the British Government has to respond to that ruling.

I hope that we could get to a conclusion between the British and Irish Governments on the legacy question more generally so that we would have a permanent structure in place to investigate atrocities committed on all sides. This would be a full and transparent investigation. In parallel but separately, there would be information retrieval for the benefit of families of victims and loved ones who have lost their lives. This level of grief and trauma is generational. A younger generation are coming forward representing families and communities who have not got closure in any shape or form.

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