Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Independent Reporting Commission, IRC, is the statutory body established under the Fresh Start agreement of 2015 to report on measures aimed at ending paramilitarism. The reports of the commission provide a comprehensive insight into the work being done to tackle this problem. One of the recommendations of the fifth report, the most recent report, was that the two Governments should consider appointing an independent person to engage and report in detail on the possible establishment of a formal process of comprehensive group transition, in other words engaging with the paramilitary groups and getting a transition.

I understand that the Irish Government has been in favour of proceeding with this and that it is due to hold meetings with the British Government and its Northern counterparts.

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