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Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: Two major issues are involved, as regards the first question. I will repeat what I said earlier. As we get into the discussions the litmus test must be whether any proposals meet the test of partnership, where there is cross-community consent, support for people working together in a devolved executive and in an Assembly. That is the crucial issue in all of the statements. The proposals being...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Government a strategy to end the suspension of the institutions by the British Government and to move the Good Friday Agreement forward to full implementation? If so, will the Taoiseach outline the strategy to the House? Does he agree with the response of both Sinn Féin and the SDLP to the DUP proposals last week that they are, in essence, unworkable and amount to a blueprint for a...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I will take the last question first. I have no difficulty with the proposals agreed in the last Dáil and we should get on and try to reach agreement. The only caveat I would add, which I have stated repeatedly, is the true meaning of parity of esteem must be taken into account and this facility must be open to all parties. That must be agreed by the House. The original report was agreed some...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In respect of Deputy Kenny's point regarding the DUP's particular focus on paramilitary activity and his assertion that that refocuses attention on Sinn Féin, does the Taoiseach not agree that in reality the address of paramilitary activities, in all their shapes and guises, is the responsibility of all elected representatives and all parties? Does he agree we should be moving forward...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: Naturally that is what I would like to see in the negotiations. We can see an ending on all sides. There is a willingness in this regard but there are some people on the fringes — the loyalists recognise this — who do not have total control or even a means of exercising such control. Regardless of whether it is republicans, dissident republicans, loyalists or whoever is involved, we must...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: When the Taoiseach met representatives of the Ulster Political Research Group did he raise the question of sectarian attacks on certain nationalist communities? Did they give any commitments or offer any views in respect of that issue? Does the Taoiseach consider favourably the movement by the DUP to offer serious prospects in terms of restoring devolved institutions to Northern Ireland? I...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: During my meeting with the Ulster research group we discussed the ongoing difficulties and the attacks on Nationalists. That issue is of ongoing concern. The group is forthcoming in its condemnation, particularly of pipe bomb attacks. It is not always possible for it to control all of these issues and there are disparate groups and individuals. However, the leadership of the group is opposed...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: Deputy Rabbitte must be brief, because I want to hear from two Deputies who submitted questions and who have not had an opportunity to speak.

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I want to pay tribute again to the unrivalled work of John Hume, who is leaving the political stage, and to acknowledge that he has been a bulwark for constitutional politics in Northern Ireland for more than 30 years. Does the Taoiseach agree that, notwithstanding the difficulties, it is regrettable that the British Government has not carried out its promise to publish the Cory report, or at...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: Before the Taoiseach takes that question, we will hear from the Deputies who have submitted questions.

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: On behalf of the Green Party I join in the tributes paid to John Hume. He may have paid the price of peace in terms of his own health as well as the politics of his party. Regarding the Taoiseach's comments about the insights of Northern representatives on this side of the Border, which are laudable, and which will hopefully come to pass in due course, does he regard it as important to engage...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach agree that five years on, the institutionalisation of sectarian division in the political structures of Northern Ireland, and the sectarian basis on which most political parties continue to operate, have unfortunately resulted in a widening polarisation of the communities? Does the Taoiseach agree that as a result, we now have more of a pretence of a political process than...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: In regard to Deputy Rabbitte's question on Judge Cory's reports, we would welcome the publication at the earliest opportunity of Judge Cory's reports in the cases of Pat Finucane, Rosemary Nelson, Robert Hamill and Billy Wright. I expressed the view strongly to Prime Minister Blair that they should be published as a matter of urgency and that the delay in publication is having a detrimental...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: That concludes Taoiseach's question time.

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Very briefly, a Cheann Comhairle——

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: Sorry, Deputy. We have gone five minutes over Taoiseach's question time.

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, I am advised that the Government wants to withdraw leaders' time or to change the sequence to facilitate a debate on the Flynn issue. We are quite happy to facilitate a debate but not to change the sequence of Leaders' Questions. If the Government wants to make an offer in Government time, we want that and we agree to it but we do not want it making an...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: Deputy, you have made your point. It is not appropriate at this time because you are eating into time that is mainly for the benefit of the Opposition to ask questions to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Priority Questions. (10 Feb 2004)

Priority Questions. (10 Feb 2004)

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