British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said action will be taken against anyone found to have colluded with paramilitary killers in Northern Ireland.
Mr Blair told the House of Commons today that what was important was to make sure that such a thing could never happen again and to deal with those who are responsible.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs again called on the British government to take action to deal once and for all with the issue of collusion.
Dermot Ahern was speaking in Dundalk following a meeting with the SDLP and Sinn Féin. Both parties are demanding that the British government sack Ronnie Flanagan as the Chief Inspector of the British Constabulary.
Mr Flanagan was RUC Chief Constable during part of the period covered by the report into collusion by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Nuala O'Loan.
Mr Ahern said the Government was not publicly calling for his sacking, but that those involved in collusion should be investigated.
Speaking earlier on RTÉ Radio's Today with Pat Kenny, Mrs O'Loan rejected criticism from the Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers' Association that she had made increasingly threatening demands in a series of letters.
She was to brief the Policing Board in Belfast today on her report.
The board is also expected to discuss the collusion issue with the PSNI Chief Constable, Hugh Orde.
