Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I very much welcome this debate but I believe we need to formalise these arrangements and open up the discussion so that we can have a structured discussion on the North on a regular basis as part of the normal business of the Dáil. Unfortunately, the current arrangements do not allow for this and there is not sufficient time to deal with these important and complex issues.

What is equally unacceptable is the disgraceful way in which some TDs and parties occasionally have tended to use the North, and issues arising from the recent conflict, in a shallow, juvenile way, usually to attack Sinn Féin. Regrettably, some of Teachta Martin's remarks today reflect this approach. I would like him to bring me to the North some time and introduce me to the Sinn Féin-Provisional IRA communities he has now discovered.

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