Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not know who wrote the script in this regard but maybe I am not explaining myself very well. I am asking about the full implementation of previous agreements; I am not asking about the Stormont House Agreement. I welcomed the agreement but it could have been better. Perhaps my demeanour portrays the glass is half full. There were other agreements, of which the Minister will be aware, including the Weston Park and the Good Friday Agreements. Many commitments have been given over the years. I am asking about the outstanding matters in regard to those agreements and not about the Stormont House Agreement, which is a move forward. I am asking about the outstanding issues from the Good Friday and the Weston Park Agreements. What is the plan in regard to full implementation of them?

I am a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. Part of our remit is to meet with groups and get some sort of consensus. In the limited time available, I am trying to find out what is the Minister's plan in trying to deliver on those matters. It is not about looking back at what happened in the Stormont House Agreement and so on but it is about looking forward. That is what I am trying to do. I am not into having an argument or a disagreement in regard to the Stormont House Agreement. I am more interested in what the Minister is going to do in regard to the other matters.

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