Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

That is what the Government wants. It is what everybody in this House wants. It is what the Irish people want. They want no more and no less. It is not complicated. We have been saying this endlessly for several weeks now. I am not interested in hearing whether this represents some positive move by the IRA. Neither do I want to take issue by saying it is not. I am not interested in hearing that it is somehow positive or that it is not a threat or that nothing was carried out and we should be happy about that. I am interested only in hearing an answer on the issues which stopped us after so much effort on 8 December. How do we sort out decommissioning of weapons? Are we finally at the end of paramilitary activity? Are we going to see and end to criminal activity? If we can get to that position we can move forward. If we cannot, we are in a hell of a mess. Those are the only answers we need.

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