Mr. Conal McFeely:

On the licence issue, the Fresh Start panel that has been set up and is dealing with the disbandment of paramilitaries also raised this issue. A republican prison or any prisoner out on licence - there are quite a number of them, and some of them are not dissident republicans - can at any time, at the behest of the Secretary of State or the security forces, have a hand put on their shoulder and be told they are not playing the game and they are back in jail. That needs to be fundamentally addressed. It may well have been one of the issues that should have been originally addressed when the Good Friday Agreement was established. When one talks to those groups about trying to move them forward from where they are at, they will refer to two matters. The will refer to the current situation in Maghaberry Prison and to the fact that the security forces can use this licence to put one back in jail. The case in point is that of Tony Taylor. That is causing much concern within that constituency as we try to move them into further dialogue. That is an issue that needs fundamentally addressed with the Secretary of State if and when the committee meets him.