Dublin-Monaghan Bombings

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 June 2015

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Questions (149)

Brendan Smith

Question:

149. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he raised at his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, the need for the British Government to respond positively and without further delay to the motions passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann in 2008 and 2011 requesting access for an eminent independent legal person to all papers and files pertaining to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25684/15]

Written answers

The Taoiseach

With regard to the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, the Government continues to press the British Government to respond positively to the reasonable demand of the All Party motions passed in Dáil Éireann in 2008 and 2011 that an independent international judicial figure be given access to all material held by the British Government on these terrible atrocities. I raised the issue again with the Prime Minister at our recent meeting in London on 18 June.

I know that the British Government is actively considering this matter and I hope that some progress can be made in the near future.