As the Taoiseach is going to London this morning to meet the British Prime Minister and will not be here for the Order of Business today or in the House tomorrow, perhaps I could be given the liberty to express the hope that his discussions with the Prime Minister and the parties are successful and will bear fruit. On a personal basis I wish him all the best for the festive season and hope he is prepared for the enormous challenge of the Presidency on 1 January.
Taking into account that recent events have taught us that the victims of terrorism and their families must come first on issues such as the atrocity of the Omagh bomb, which left 31 innocent people dead, and that those elected to this House are in a privileged position to use authority legitimately to help people, the Taoiseach will appreciate that on a number of occasions during the past six weeks, he gave an indication to the House, endorsed by the Tánaiste last Thursday, that the Nally report would be published in some form or other. Having been given a copy of the report by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, for which I am grateful, and having read it, there are elements of it that should not be let into the public domain. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has said an edited version would be meaningless. In that case, and as it is the season of goodwill, will the Taoiseach give an undertaking that he and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will sit down with the families of the victims of the Omagh bomb and explain to them the elements of the Nally report they can explain to them and, at least, give them that comfort and a sense of interest in understanding the depth of grief these families still experience? In the event that the commitment given is not being honoured in terms of publication of the report in edited form, will the Taoiseach give that undertaking now in the season of goodwill?