Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

Regarding the legacy Act in general, if we could be, and if we in the Republic were, satisfied that there would be reciprocity in terms of information and so forth on both sides - people are seeking information from the Republic and the Government in the Republic in respect of a number of cases, including the Kingsmill case, and we co-operated on the Kingsmill inquiry, and we now have a memorandum of understanding with regard to the Omagh inquiry - I believe that the broad nature of legacy needs to be dealt with once and for all and comprehensively. The published Kenova report was quite revealing on state collusion between the United Kingdom's state forces and loyalist paramilitaries. It was also quite scathing of the work, activities and atrocities committed by the Provisional IRA. It was quite scathing and comprehensive. It said that the Provisional IRA did more damage to its own community than anybody else. We have never had a debate in this House about the Kenova report. Maybe that part of the Kenova report was too unpalatable for us to have a debate. I would like a debate on the entirety of Kenova in this House.

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