Northern Ireland
Seanad Éireann — 2022-02-01
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Niall Ó Donnghaile (SF), Administrative Panel

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as an bhfreagra cuimsitheach a thug sé dúinn. Admhaíonn sé go bhfuil an Rialtas chun staidéar a dhéanamh ar an ábhar seo agus tuigim go mbeidh an staidéar sin de dhíth. I appreciate the comprehensive response of the Minister of State. While I appreciate his Department may need the time to absorb the full ramifications of this report, it is something that needs to be addressed because there is no hierarchy of victims, nor should there be. All of these killings, as he said, impact deeply on the victims' families and indeed the survivors who were attacked or whose information was passed on for them to be attacked. This has a slightly different edge in the sense that in this report we are dealing with British intelligence agencies handing over intelligence relating to an elected representative in this jurisdiction who was subsequently murdered by a UDA gang which crossed the Border and came into this jurisdiction to murder him.
I appreciate the Minister of State has laid out his response at this stage. I look forward to engaging with him as the Department studies this report and in regard to laying out what specific actions it plans to take. That is what the families expect and want to hear.

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Sitting date: 2022-02-01