Mr. Gerry Adams:

I am not aware of legal actions being taken against victims. Putting that to one side, I will repeat what I said earlier. Different victims come with these issues in different ways. Some of the victims have been the most outstanding peacemakers. I have met victims of the IRA who have entirely humbled me with their commitment to forgiveness, peace and reconciliation. There are others who, understandably, are too hurt and will not entertain anything other than those who perpetrated their loss being held to account in a legal way. Clearly, the type of Ireland we all want to see is one where there are no more victims of political violence and those who have suffered grievously, in the way we know many have in the course of our own conflict, will at least be reconciled to the fact we are in a better society and are not going to see these types of awful acts perpetrated again. Despite the imperfections and the fact that people have been hurt and killed since, the success of the Good Friday Agreement is in the lives of the thousands of people who otherwise would be dead, which is the strength of the Good Friday Agreement.