Forty-five years ago, children from St. Mary's Youth Club went travelled to Wicklow, to the Glen of Imaal. If the Tánaiste is familiar with that walk, he will know it brings you up to Lugnaquillia, the highest mountain in Leinster. It is a fantastic walk. On that fateful day, one of the children picked up an object which he thought was part of an engine but seconds later it exploded, as it was an unused shell from a tank. It killed three children and maimed many more. In September, thejournal.ie uncovered evidence that was not flagged at the time in terms of warnings from children who had previously done the same. None of those children ever received a State apology. Would the Government consider giving the children and families whose loved ones were killed on that day a State apology?

I would. The new Government would be in a position to do that properly and comprehensively, having looked at all of the issues of the terrible events of 45 years ago, and to do so in an informed and proper way. I recently received correspondence on this. It will fall to the new Government to examine that.