Motion or amendment: The Irish Government’s Failure to Cooperate on Legacy Cases - Amendment 1

Motion or amendment by Mr Doug Beattie MC on 15 May 2026.

MLA: Mr Doug Beattie MC
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 15 May 2026
Type: Motion or amendment
Business: Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “The Irish Government’s Failure to Cooperate on Legacy Cases”
Heading: The Irish Government’s Failure to Cooperate on Legacy Cases - Amendment 1
Assembly identifier: Document 484989

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The Irish Government’s Failure to Cooperate on Legacy Cases - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’ and insert:
‘continued to advance the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill under direct political pressure from the Irish Government; further believes the UK Government should consider legal action against the Irish Government for failing to conduct an investigation under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, into those UK citizens who were abducted in Northern Ireland, taken across the Irish border and murdered; affirms that that the Irish Government should lift their decades-long embargo on providing answers to victims of terrorism throughout the UK; believes that those police officers, members of the military and security services who acted with professionalism and within the law deserve to be protected from vexatious or repeated investigations where there is no new, compelling and credible evidence; welcomes the UK Supreme Court judgment in the Dillon case which found that the Windsor Framework was inappropriately used to strike down provisions of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act; calls on the UK Government to take steps to substantially amend the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill to ensure it has the confidence of victims, survivors and the public, including those who served during Operation Banner; and further calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to write to the UK Government and the Irish Government to request they outline how they intend to meet their legacy commitments.’

245 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.