Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What we have witnessed over the past ten weeks is the remit of the Parades Commission not being respected by people organising parades every weekend and midweek as well. On the morning of 11 February, both the Tánaiste and the Secretary of State, Ms Villiers, referred to the need for greater urgency to be attached to a resolution of the underlying problems of sectarianism by the Northern Ireland Executive and political leaders. In view of the urgency of dealing with this issue and the potential for it to escalate, which hopefully will not happen, does the Tánaiste agree that the Taoiseach and Prime Minister Cameron should convene a meeting with the five party political leaders in Northern Ireland, which has been proposed by one political party, to give the resolution of this issue much needed impetus? The marching season begins this coming Saturday and, as the Tánaiste said, that parade passes by the Short Strand interface. We do not want to witness violence on the streets of Belfast and other towns that we witnessed in December and January.

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