The Tánaiste has said the Irish and British governments are working intensively to agree fresh legacy arrangements in Northern Ireland.
Simon Harris was speaking at the conclusion of a British Irish Council summit in Northern Ireland.
Legacy was discussed in the fringes of the meeting with talks between the Mr Harris and the Northern Secretary Hilary Benn last night.
The DUP leader Gavin Robinson hit out at Mr Benn labelling him "hapless Hilary".
He accused Mr Benn of pandering to the Irish Government while keeping others in the dark about what was being agreed.
"The Irish Government have knowledge of and influence upon UK Legacy plans, yet Northern Ireland victims, veterans and Parliamentarians are kept in the dark by the Secretary of State without so much as a blush on his face.
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"Not for the first time, he advances a one-sided, partisan approach to the politics of Northern Ireland."
But Mr Benn defended his interaction with the Irish government.
He described legacy as the "unfinished business" of the Good Friday Agreement, and said everyone had a responsibility to find a way forward.
Mr Robinson also criticised the Irish Government, saying that when it came to crimes committed in the north, they demanded transparency but were less forthcoming when questions were asked about violence planned or perpetrated in the south.
Mr Harris rejected that and said the Irish government had co-operated with various UK inquiries into Troubles violence.
"What I would say to Gavin, respectfully, and I've said this to him when I met him, the country that I represent will play our part as well in relation to legacy.
"We've shown that already on a number of occasions, and we will absolutely in any legacy framework, want to make sure that all victims, all families, regardless of where the island of Ireland an atrocity occured, can get answers, can get truth."
