Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

We have been listening to plenty of talk in every other regard. Is the Taoiseach aware — or the Ceann Comhairle, if he wants to answer it — that there are loyalist attacks, including ongoing threats, on the homes of Sinn Féin and SDLP elected representatives? He was happy to mention an SDLP member earlier, but what about attacks on the homes of Sinn Féin elected representatives? Is he aware that this has included attempted abductions of nationalists, pipe bombs left at the home of a Sinn Féin member in Ballymena and attacks on a number of nationalist homes, including one in Portadown? Will the Taoiseach call on Unionist politicians to work actively and publicly to oppose these sectarian attacks by Unionist paramilitaries, particularly as we move towards the most sensitive time of the political year north of the Border? We do not want to see all of the hard work invested in recent years unravelled. We want to see a peaceful summer.

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