The 50th anniversary of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings will occur on 17 May. The families of the victims of the bombings are still looking for truth and justice. A film documentary opens tomorrow, which again looks at those bombings and the murders. The producer of the film "Anatomy of a Massacre" is in the Public Gallery. I met him and a relative of one of the victims. I refer to Cathy Doyle, whose sister, her husband and their two baby children, Jacqueline, 16 months and Anne Marie, four months, were murdered. That is just one terrible and tragic case relating to the slaughter that took place. There is widespread belief that there was British state collusion in that. However, the question they ask as we approach the 50th anniversary is this: will the State release the Garda files relating to this matter? I refer to the investigative files on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings which 29 Ministers for Justice have refused to release to the families.

The Government has done everything it can, and will continue to do so, to get to the truth behind these terrible events. We remember the victims, survivors and all those affected by these barbaric attacks on 17 May 1974. We will attend commemorative ceremonies on Talbot Street and in Monaghan. I recently met Sir Iain Livingstone, the officer in overall command of Operation Kenova and the lead on Operation Denton, and who has been liaising with An Garda Síochána. My understanding is that An Garda Síochána has been co-operating with Operation Denton. I am hopeful that Operation Denton, the report relating to which will be published in the coming months, will provide more answers for the families of the victims of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and other related incidents.

My view is clear. An Garda Síochána and our security forces have to provide material to the statutory processes that are on the way, as do British Government security sources-----

Time is up please.

Not all material has been supplied to date to the Irish Government's inquiries in the past------

Time is up please

We have made this point consistently to the UK Government.

If someone else would like to come up here, sit down and call time, feel free to do so.

I apologise.