Seanad debates
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Order of Business
10:50 am
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Ba mhaith liom tacú leis an éileamh go mbeadh díospóireacht leathan againn maidir leis an tuarascáil Smithwick, a fhoilsíodh inné. It is important to note that the Smithwick tribunal was established as a result of an agreement in negotiations at Weston Park in 2001 between the British and Irish Governments and the political parties, and that Sinn Féin supported the establishment of a series of inquiries, including the Smithwick inquiry. In a significant and unprecedented development, three former IRA volunteers gave evidence to that. Judge Smithwick has drawn his own conclusions-----
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