Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

The peace process was never about humiliation, a word which should never have been introduced to the debate. Everyone who has contributed positively to the peace process has much of which to be proud. Equally, to take a longer perspective, there is much of which everybody may need to repent.

Speaking of repentance, I repent of having been misled in the House and having misled Senator Brian Hayes. Having checked the Supreme Court and High Court judgments regarding the release of the prisoners in question, I can find no basis for the claim that they were accepted by the courts as qualifying prisoners. I wish to correct the record in that regard.