Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not accept that Bill Clinton just put on moral pressure. He put a huge effort into bringing the sides together and into establishing a platform for a peace process, and I say "a platform". He was very disappointed and clearly indicated so. The possibility of American aid in the form Mr. Costello is talking about being brought to a halt is fairly slim in the circumstances. I do not think that is going to happen in the short term. What other means can be found? Given the Americans have the goodwill, and the moral support they give, to bring about the setting up of a platform again for peace discussions, what else is there? The Oslo Accords do not seem to be working. There has been no great progress in any direction. Since I was a small lad, and that is not today or yesterday, the situation is the same. How can we achieve progress?