Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Sinn Féin has made moves in that direction and that is good. We are in a better place in this country because of that, but it has not made the whole journey yet. This recent event demonstrates that it has to move further and to work out a way to deal with the skeletons in its cupboard.

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Until it does so it will be impossible for any political party in this House to ever contemplate going into government with it because there will be a fear of what will happen when these skeletons fall out of the cupboard. If it had been in government when this case arose, the government would have collapsed unless Sinn Féin demonstrated serious intent in dealing with the issue. We have to move away from a situation of unaarmy council una voce. Sinn Féin is a political party not a military organisation now. That is a message it needs to take on board.

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