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Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Conor Lenihan: ...authorities consider that the Act continues to be a vital legislative tool in the continuing fight against terrorism. Although progress has been made within Northern Ireland and the Provisional IRA is committed to following the political path, there remains a real and ongoing threat from a variety of dissident republican groups. We should not be complacent or presume the success of the...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Conor Lenihan: ...higher. It would be a terrible mistake on our part to relinquish these powers in the belief that we were living in an idealised world as a result of the peace process that unfolded from the first IRA ceasefire in 1994. Some very dangerous individuals are involved in the dissident organisations. They are concentrated in particular parts of the Border area and we need to be very vigilant...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2008)

Conor Lenihan: ...point about Paul Quinn's murder. That is the subject of proceedings at the moment. The Independent Monitoring Commission's report indicated strongly that while individuals from the Provisional IRA were involved in that heinous attack, they were not in any way acting in an official capacity representing the IRA on that occasion. That is the clear message. We take great sustenance from...

Seanad: Middle East Peace Process: Statements. (26 Apr 2006)

Conor Lenihan: The Government did not talk to either Sinn Féin or the IRA until the violence had ended and a ceasefire had been declared. That was the major breakthrough about which people in Ireland forget, namely, that the IRA entered into a full ceasefire in August 1994 and that ceasefire was, broadly speaking——

Seanad: Middle East Peace Process: Statements. (26 Apr 2006)

Conor Lenihan: Moreover, it was crystal clear, from the Downing Street Declaration and the various declarations made by the IRA circa 1993 and 1994, that it was entertaining a route that involved a full scale involvement in politics and peaceful means, not allowing a quick or occasional resort to violence.