A group of men who claim they were recruited as secret agents for anti-terrorist missions in Northern Ireland are to meet an official from the Department of Foreign Affairs shortly.
The men say that the British army trained and equipped loyalist death squads and encouraged assassinations and bombing missions.
A Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman confirmed yesterday that they had written to the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and that a meeting had been arranged with an official from the Department.
It is expected the meeting will take place the week after next. It is understood the Government considers it to be routine. The men will be met by a middle-ranking official.
Mr Willie Carlin, a former MI5 agent and spokesman for the group, has said some of them were trained and equipped by the British army to carry out surveillance and other operations across the Border.