Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps the president of Sinn Féin would say whether it is true and whether he has taken any action to deny it.

I take both Deputies' points, that the Government should stay focused on the implementation of the agreement, and I give my word that I will do so. On the tangling over the first offer, I recall the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, talking about being present at the fair in Glynn. One makes an offer and all kinds of tagglers come together before an agreement is put in place. A first offer is always a first offer and it takes a political process and negotiations to come to a final agreement. I am glad agreement was reached. We will work with the British Government, within our responsibilities, to see that the agreement is monitored and implemented in the interest of the peoples of Northern Ireland.

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