Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am concerned about recent developments in Northern Ireland. I set out that concern comprehensively in the speech I made to the British-Irish Association at Cambridge. I also touched on some of the wider issues and the context, and I referred to the work of Dr. Haass.

We must be very clear in how we react to attacks on the process and the pressure the process is under. The agreements stand and we stand to implement the agreements in full. We support institutions established by the agreements, including the Parades Commission, the determinations made by the Parades Commission and the work the PSNI had to do over the summer in implementing and policing the decisions made by the Parades Commission. Political leaders in Northern Ireland need to be very clear with quick condemnation when there are breaches of the law, when atrocities occur and when violent activity occurs. We cannot allow a situation where there is drift.

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