Mary White (Fianna Fail)

Will the Leader invite the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the House to bring us up to date on the position of the Belfast Agreement? Yesterday I visited Alban Maginness of the SDLP, a member of the Assembly, and Patricia Lewsley. On being asked what message they wanted me to bring back, they said they needed to know a date for the election for the Assembly. We have to put pressure on the British Government to call the election as quickly as possible as it is difficult for them to motivate people on the ground and keep them energised. I draw Members' attention to the fact that neither strand of the Agreement is in existence because of the current debacle; strand one being the Assembly and strand two, the North-South Ministerial Council.

Last week I referred to The Economist magazine which focused on the "dirty war" in Northern Ireland and what the Stevens inquiry had shown up. I advise Members that last June the Government with the British Government appointed Peter Cory, a Canadian Supreme Court judge, to look at collusion in the murders of Pat Finucane, Robert Hamill, Billy Wright, Lord and Lady Gibson and Superintendent Harry Breen. He has completed his investigation of the Finucane, Wright and Hamill cases and, because of the current vacuum, I call on the Minister to publish the results.