Marshalled list of Amendments
19 May 2026
Item 6 – Order Paper 172/22-27 – Tuesday 19 May 2026
Motion: The Irish Government’s Failure to Cooperate on Legacy Cases
Proposed:
That this Assembly condemns the Irish Government’s failure to cooperate with the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery or to establish separate investigative processes addressing the legacy of the past; notes the pain and trauma this has caused to the victims of terrorism; believes the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill has lost the confidence of victims, survivors and veterans; expresses concern that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has retained these proposals under political pressure from Dublin, despite the Irish Government failing to drop its interstate case or deliver on any of the promises contained in the 2025 Joint Framework on the Legacy of the Troubles; further believes that former soldiers and other members of the security forces who acted with professionalism and within the law deserve robust protections against vexatious and repeated investigations; welcomes the UK Supreme Court judgement in the Dillon case, which found that the local courts wrongly and inappropriately used the Windsor Framework to strike down provisions of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act; calls on the UK Government to immediately withdraw the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill and instead develop fresh proposals that command the confidence of victims and veterans; and further calls on the Irish Government to lift their decades-long embargo on providing answers to the victims of terrorism in Northern Ireland.
Mr Paul Frew
Mr Trevor Clarke
Mrs Diane Dodds
Amendment
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.’
[Mr Doug Beattie]
[Mr Jon Burrows]
