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Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised the report of the Barron inquiry with the British Prime Minister. [30941/03]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 10 December 2003 with representatives of the families of the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. [31159/03]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the action he intends to take arising from the publication of the Barron report into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; if he has raised the contents of the report with the British Prime Minister; if so, the response he has received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31160/03]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to contact the British Government regarding the findings of the Barron inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1048/04]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the total cost of the Barron inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1049/04]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the actions the Government proposes to take following the publication of the Barron report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1279/04]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Joe Higgins: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised the contents of the Barron report into the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings with the British Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1845/04]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, together. The 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings were terrible outrages which left 34 people dead and more than 240 injured. Many people never recovered. For many others, the legacy of pain and suffering remains and some still suffer from their injuries to this day. Like everyone else who watched the proceedings of the sub-committee...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach will recall that, in his presence, my Sinn Féin colleagues and I used the opportunity of a meeting in Downing Street to apprise the British Prime Minister of the Barron report and its detail. He will recall that the British Prime Minister undertook to reply to me on the matters I raised with him on that occasion. I received a reply only last week from the Minister of State in...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy has asked a number of questions and I will do my best to answer them all. The first question he raised was whether I recall his making the case to the British Government and senior British officials. Yes, I do. As he knows, I made that point strongly and I know he added to it. I think that has been noted in the British system. Obviously, I cannot comment on the reply he received...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: I call Deputy Rabbitte.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will you allow me to reply?

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: I have called Deputy Rabbitte.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will you come back to me?

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: It is a question of time, Deputy. If everybody takes five minutes to ask a question, we may not have time.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to express my party's appreciation to Mr. Justice Barron for the effort put into this important investigation. Has the Taoiseach formed any view about any further inquiry or the shape of a further inquiry? In respect of the verbal commitments given by the British Government, expressly so by Mr. Paul Murphy, does the Taoiseach consider that the order of co-operation by the British...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Rabbitte's questions can be divided into two sections, the first of which relates to the information the British have given. I have said in this House on many occasions that while I cannot guarantee 100% co-operation in respect of the records held by the Northern Ireland Office and within the British defence system, the level of co-operation has been good. Those involved have genuinely...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Should we not inquire into the matter? Servants of the State in possession of serious documents on an act of mass murder which have gone missing in our sovereign control——

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: My answer relates to the British side, which was the first aspect of the Deputy's question. I do not think the position will change in that regard. Having watched the British dealing with a number of other inquiries and being familiar with the way the system works there, I do not think that there will be a change. I do not think we could appoint someone in a higher position to do the job —...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I would like to pursue an aspect of this matter that arises from Deputy Rabbitte's question. Many people put a great deal of faith in the relationship between the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister. In the Taoiseach's last reply to the Dáil he referred to a meeting on 19 January at which he again asked the British Prime Minister for full co-operation. I would not like people to think...