NI: Sinn Féin calls for immediate release of funding for legacy inquests
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Michelle O'Neill
Sinn Féin has called on the UK government to “immediately release adequate funding to resource the Lord Chief Justice’s Legacy Inquest Plan”.
The party made the demand as its launched its submission to the public consultation on planned legislation to address the legacy of the conflict.
As well as calling for the full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement (2014), the party said the funding requested by the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, should be released immediately.
Sir Declan’s plan for legacy inquests is, they said, “separate and structurally distinct” from the Stormont House Agreement legacy mechanisms which are subject to the consultation.
Elsewhere in the submission, the party called for “periodic reviews that seek to inform the extent of funding requirements and the necessary timeframe for all legacy mechanisms”.
Michelle O’Neill, deputy leader of Sinn Féin, said: “Full implementation of legacy mechanisms agreed at Stormont House is key to realising the potential of the peace process.
“They must be implemented and they must be operated on the basis of equality, dignity and respect for all.”
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