Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

I join with those who seek a debate in relation to the Palestinian situation. The activities in Palestine are unacceptable and the mistakes made in other jurisdictions seem to be repeated there.

I support the call for a debate on Northern Ireland. In the current situation we must welcome the improving relations between this island and our neighbouring island and between North and South. That does not impose an obligation on us to have collective amnesia and in that regard I ask the Leader if she could arrange for the appropriate Minister to make a statement in the House regarding the reported continuing lack of co-operation with the Barron inquiry by the British authorities. The Barron inquiry is investigating the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. The remarks of Lord Denning about an appalling vista certainly apply if a Government becomes involved in subversive activities. Coupled with the recent previews of the biography of Michael Stone—