Seanad debates
Tuesday, 8 April 2003
Garda Síochána (Police Co-Operation) Bill 2003: Second Stage.
I wish now to outline some of my reservations in respect of this area. We have seen the establishment of the Stevens inquiry, which has yet to report, into alleged collusion between members of the RUC and loyalist paramilitaries, in particular. The case under investigation by the inquiry is the murder of Pat Finucane in 1989. Allegations were made in a biography of Michael Stone about such collusion taking place with loyalist paramilitaries. The Barron inquiry in this jurisdiction has not received the co-operation of the British authorities with regard to the making available of the necessary information to allow it investigate fully the alleged involvement of British security forces in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. In that regard, it is important that some precautions be put in place in order that people within the PSNI can be identified. Those inquiries must, therefore, get full co-operation in order that they can determine precisely what happened.
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