David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Cathaoirleach.I was not in the House last week, so I did not get the opportunity to comment on the Pat Finucane affair. From my background as a southern unionist, I take it extremely badly that the British Government has shown itself to be totally untrustworthy. It is very shocking to me that the British Government first tried to get Her Majesty the Queen to lie, then it broke an international treaty within a year of signing it, and now it is involved in a disgraceful attempt to cover up the complicity of agents of the Government in murder. As far as I am concerned, the difficulties of the British authorities seem to be that the higher up the establishment it goes, the more sensitive they are to it. So they should be. The higher up this involvement goes, the more important it is that people know. I am adding my voice to those calling for a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane.