Results 1-20 of 65 for ira speaker:Bertie Ahern

Did you mean: "ida" speaker:15?

Northern Ireland Issues. (5 Mar 2008)

Bertie Ahern: ...and concern. Such activity is a worry also for the organisations who try to move away from that. I have no direct knowledge, information or intelligence that this was the work of the Provisional IRA, but it has been stated that the large number of people involved, the fact that the forensics were cleaned up to such a professional degree and so on gives the impression that people who were...

Northern Ireland Issues. (5 Mar 2008)

Bertie Ahern: ...in arms. I want to record my acknowledgment of the good work done by one of the Baltic states — I would rather not say which one — in thwarting a significant consignment of arms to the Real IRA. It did us all a good service and I thank it for its efforts because it would have been part of the old pass game and there would have been difficulties for us. We thank it for its efforts...

Northern Ireland Issues. (5 Mar 2008)

Bertie Ahern: ...I hope we will be able to conclude that with Dr. Paisley and we will continue to work for that over the next two months or so. What stands in the way of avoiding contact — the Deputy spoke of the IRA as a bulwark — between those who have engaged with and have stuck fully to the peace process and those from the dissident side is the absence of that policing. The way for us all to move...

Northern Ireland Issues. (5 Mar 2008)

Bertie Ahern: I think what Deputy Ó Caoláin meant to say was that the peaceful role the IRA now plays, as supportive of the peace process, is to try to discourage those who might get involved in paramilitary activities from doing so.

Northern Ireland Issues. (18 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: ...and I am happy to make that clear to the House. It remains the case that no information is available to me from the Garda Commissioner to suggest this attack was authorised or sanctioned by the IRA, a question I am continually asked outside the House. I understand that the Chief Constable of the PSNI gave an interview on Saturday in which he said the same thing. I of course am aware that...

Northern Ireland Issues. (18 Dec 2007)

Bertie Ahern: ...say any more than what I have said. The official position is that there is no information available to me from the Garda Commissioner to suggest that this attack was authorised or sanctioned by the IRA and this remains the position. As I said when last speaking about criminality, the crime in question does not arise from paramilitary activity, nor was it sanctioned or condoned by the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Bertie Ahern: ...groups currently operating in Northern Ireland on what would be considered to be the republican side, if we can give it that name, which I do not particularly want to. There is the Continuity IRA, the Real IRA and a new grouping that calls itself Óglaigh na hÉireann. All three of these have the capacity to cause trouble and two of them are certainly involved in the present troubles....

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...is well known that the gun operation in Dublin and beyond was closely associated with Martin Hyland. The Deputy can work out the rest. I have seen nothing that implicates anyone in the Provisional IRA. Deputy Kenny will be aware that the name, Operation Oak, is based on a location in my constituency. The recent abduction took place close to where I am. A significant former paramilitary...

Northern Ireland Issues: Statements (18 Oct 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...the view that this push for completion was essential. The vacuum and overall sense of stalemate was not acceptable. The meeting at St. Andrews took place against the background of the ending of the IRA campaign, the decommissioning of its weapons and the recent IMC report, which confirms the IRA is honouring its commitments. This summer was also among the most peaceful for many decades....

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...difficult ones, have yet to be resolved and will be the subject of further discussion when we meet in Scotland next month. The deadline is entirely realistic. More than a year has elapsed since IRA decommissioning and the IRA statement announcing the end of its activities. It is now a matter of leadership and political will. We overcame most of the difficult issues in recent years and...

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...has been made, the joint chair arrangement has worked and substantive agreements have also worked, but there are outstanding issues. It is a year since decommissioning and even longer since the IRA statement on ending all its activities. I take this first opportunity of Question Time when answering questions on the North to urge the parties to engage positively over the coming period....

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...argued from January until spring this year that a reasonable amount of time should be allowed for serious dialogue with the parties in the absence of the issues which previously existed, such as the IRA being active or the International Monitoring Commission's inability to produce accurate reports on the progress of decommissioning. We suggested we leave it for the entire year so the end...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy. (13 Jun 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...Eimear, Conor and Ciarán Haughey and to our colleague, Deputy Seán Haughey. Charles Haughey inherited a very rich tradition of public service and patriotism from his father, who served in the old IRA and, subsequently, in the Irish Army. Charles Haughey entered this House in 1957 and made a huge impact on Irish life in a political career over 35 years. He attained high political office...

Northern Ireland Issues. (26 Apr 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...this morning, the two Governments published the tenth report of the Independent Monitoring Commission. This is the most positive IMC report to date and I welcome it. It is the IMC's view that the IRA leadership has committed itself to following a peaceful path and has expended considerable effort to refocus the movement in support of its objective. The IMC says it is not aware of current...

Northern Ireland Issues. (26 Apr 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...the end of last year up to the first quarter and it has been a positive one across all the sectors. I do not want to go into any of the negative aspects of it, which do not relate to the Provisional IRA, but we must continue to focus on some of the loyalist paramilitary activity which is not too positive and on what has been said about dissident republicans, particularly the Continuity...

Northern Ireland Issues. (26 Apr 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Kenny asked a number of questions, the first of which raises an important issue. He is correct in that the view is the Provisional IRA has built up a considerable asset base over the past 30 years and its resources are somewhere. Powers of investigation exist and it is a matter for the CAB and other bodies to engage with this issue and investigate it fully. The powers are very strong,...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Apr 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...retribution. Whatever the reason, it was a foul murder and the investigation will have to take place. I note the murder has been condemned by the republican movement, including Sinn Féin and the IRA. It is right that they did so in an unequivocal and timely manner. It has been made clear that the two Governments will not be deterred from efforts to bring politics centre stage in Northern...

Northern Ireland Issues. (22 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ..., but I will check it. As far as we are concerned, the matter is dealt with unless the regulations are to make provision for other groups to decommission. As far as the issue of the Provisional IRA decommissioning and the de Chastelain report is concerned, our position has not changed.

Northern Ireland Issues. (22 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...I do not have hard facts in that respect. As the Deputy is aware, the Americans hold strong views on that issue, as do the Colombians. They believe there was a link between FARC and the Provisional IRA representatives.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ...consultations over the past two months plus with the Northern Ireland based organisation Families Acting for Innocent Relatives, FAIR, who wished to march to highlight the feelings of victims of IRA violence. They contacted the Garda prior to Christmas regarding their intention. When the intentions of FAIR became known a number of dissident republican organisations, particularly Republican...