Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

I join those Senators who seek a debate on the report which will be published by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights today. The families of the victims must be complimented. They ploughed a lone furrow for 29 years when seeking justice for the forgotten. This State has not distinguished itself in dealing with this tragedy and the Taoiseach should also be complimented for taking the matter in hand and establishing the inquiry into the bombings. There was a lack of co-operation on the part of the British authorities and if that is all, as we hope is the case, that should be the extent of British embarrassment.