Micheál Martin
Ceist:154. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he spoke to Prime Minister May regarding the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. [4542/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 1 February 2017
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During my meeting with Prime Minister May on 30 January, I emphasised the importance of finding a way forward on legacy issues and in particular stressed the urgency of making progress in respect of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings which has been the subject of three all party Motions in this House.
I also discussed the Dublin/Monaghan Bombings and other legacy cases with Prime Minister May when I met her in July and again highlighted to her the importance of dealing with legacy issues and hoped there could be progress on the overall arrangements for dealing with the past.
In our engagement with the British Government, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and I continue to raise and seek substantive progress on the Dáil motions and urge the British Government to allow access by an independent international judicial figure to all original documents in their possession relating to these bombings.
Minister Flanagan has raised the matter in his meetings with Secretary of State Brokenshire on a number of occasions, outlining the importance of this issue for the Dáil and the Government and the expectation of a response. Minister Flanagan will continue to raise Dublin-Monaghan with the British Government and he has instructed his officials to also remain in close contact with their British counterparts on the issue.
The Government will continue to engage with the British Government on the request in relation to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, and pursue all possible avenues that could achieve progress on this issue, consistent with the request made by the Dáil, and in the hope that this could bring some measure of closure to the families.