Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to voice my total disgust at the British Government decision yesterday to stop all pre-1998 prosecutions arising from the Troubles in Northern Ireland. This decision of the British Government has given an amnesty to the British Army and security forces in the North and to all paramilitaries. For the families of those killed in the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, in which 34 people lost their lives, Bloody Sunday, Derry and many others this means they are being told to go away and to stop annoying the British Government. I can assure you the families will not go away. The Irish Government must do all in its power to ensure the British Government is stopped in its tracks and that it does the decent thing for once.