Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has welcomed the comments of the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the Dáil today, who said the Irish government is to make a decision in the coming weeks as to whether the Irish government supports an existing case or takes its own Inter-State case in respect of the British government’s Legacy Bill.
He was responding to a question from Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald in the Dáil.
Chris Hazzard said:
“I welcome the fact that the government are set to challenge the British government’s Legacy Bill. According to the Taoiseach in the Dáil today, the Irish government are now intent on taking a case – saying that this is approach, or supporting an existing case, are the options now being considered.
“The Irish government can remove the burden of legal action from individual families by taking a case against the British government themselves. I would urge him to set out the details of the government’s action without delay.
“The British government’s Legacy Act is a cynical and callous attempt to block victims and families from ever getting justice through the courts and to hide the role of British State forces and their agencies in the conflict.
“It is already pulling the shutters down on justice with families being informed that their loved one’s case will not be investigated as a direct result of this shameful Act.”
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