Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

The failure of the Executive to meet is giving room to splinter groups. If it were meeting and conducting normal business, it would send a clear message that the system was working and it would lead to mutual trust, which could allow for the justice and policing issue to be settled. This is a chicken and egg scenario and there is a significant need for the Minister, the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister to act quickly to make sure the Executive works and, through it, to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Otherwise, young people will get involved in situations we will all rue in the future.

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