Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

I will speak about tomorrow's debate in due course. I regard the IRA statement as gratuitous and quite insulting to put to the family of a murder victim. To offer them a further murder is incredible. Does the Taoiseach see merit in the request that the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation undertake to allow civic society and society beyond the parties engaged in the process to involve itself in trying to bring about some consensus on how progress can be made and to allow people who have effectively felt silenced and sidelined to engage again and to generate a level of momentum which can get the process going once more? On that basis will the Taoiseach give consideration to the suggestion that the Forum on Peace and Reconciliation might have a role? It needs to be brought back on board, given the logjam that currently exists.

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