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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

James Heffernan: I will clarify what I mean. I consider Sinn Féin and the Provisional IRA to be groups that have covered up rape and child abuse.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

James Heffernan: The last time the Garda Commissioner came before the committee I asked her whether the Provisional IRA existed. It has since come to pass after various incidents that the organisation's existence has been confirmed. Does the Commissioner have information about a formal disbandment of the Provisional IRA structures? Is she aware of this? It is my contention that no criminal organisation,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)

James Heffernan: ...by the doctors that there was nothing left to fix. With her husband, Stephen, and all those who live in the communities of south Armagh and north Monaghan, she has known for a long time that the IRA still exists. I have been saying it, too, in this Chamber for some time.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)

James Heffernan: ...communities which it rules through the utmost fear and intimidation. Not one of those called in over the death of Paul Quinn spoke one word to the authorities. They sat in stony silence. To the IRA killers of Paul Quinn I hope the doors of the other world will be opened and that they will be haunted by his murder.If they are men they will come forward and hand themselves over to the...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

James Heffernan: ...to come and talk about it because it is an issue I have been raising for a number of years in this House. The recent murders in Belfast, whoever committed them, be they members of the Provisional IRA or State actors, as alleged by Sinn Féin leaders, came at a terrible time politically.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

James Heffernan: This is what Sinn Féin does. It is expert at deflecting and it has been deflecting for a long time. The reality is that there are 45 people of whom I am aware who have met violent deaths since the IRA called its ceasefire. If you ask me, it is not much of a ceasefire when 45 people are dead and buried. That means that there are 45 families who are without a loved one. Sinn Féin...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

James Heffernan: Some 45 people are dead; the Provisional IRA killed them. That is a fact.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

James Heffernan: The Senator knows well that the Provisional IRA is an operational, criminal organisation, both north and south of the Border. It operates one of the largest criminal networks in western Europe. That is a fact.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

James Heffernan: I asked the Garda Commissioner if she thought the Provisional IRA stilll existed and she could not tell me one way or the other. I hope we will see something more definite in a number of weeks time. If one asks any family member of the 45 people who are lying six feet under whether the Provisional IRA still exists, he or she will say "Yes, they do." If one asks Briege Quinn and Stephen...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

James Heffernan: For him to be left in that state for any parent to see was horrific and it happened at the hands of the Provisional IRA.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

James Heffernan: That is a fact. For the Senator and other good people like him in Sinn Féin to deny it helps the IRA to continue its operations. It is time the Senator and progressive people like him stood up to the IRA from within Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

James Heffernan: I support the point made by Senator Paul Coghlan. I have said a few times in this House that the criminal organisations we are talking about are largely run by the Provisional IRA. Whatever difficulties they pose for small businesses, the threats, intimidation and tactics they use to control and subjugate their own communities are quite abhorrent. There does not seem to be a massive amount...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (11 Jun 2015)

James Heffernan: ...organised crime. My own city of Limerick has been plagued by criminal gangs for a long time. I would argue, however, that one of the biggest criminal gangs operating in this country is the Provisional IRA. It is raising large sums of money through fuel laundering, protection rackets and so forth and has absolutely destroyed communities in the Border area. It rules those communities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Annual Policing Plan 2015: Garda Commissioner (25 Mar 2015)

James Heffernan: ..., intimidation and fear by, what I would term, a vile, violent and insidious organisation. To me, and from all the people that I have spoken to in those areas, that organisation is the Provisional IRA. I wish to ask the Garda Commissioner a question, especially in regard to a letter that was issued a number of weeks go and which has been circulated on a number of occasions. Can she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Annual Policing Plan 2015: Garda Commissioner (25 Mar 2015)

James Heffernan: With the greatest of respect, the Garda Commissioner has not answered my question. I asked her did she believe the IRA does not exist

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2015)

James Heffernan: ...children and the lives of all the people of the parish and Deputy Gerry Adams on television last night smirking at the people of Ireland. He has denied that he was ever involved in the Provisional IRA. It is a sick joke.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

James Heffernan: ...that this business is worth between €35 million and €40 million per annum. We are not talking about beans here - we are talking about huge money. This business is being run by the Provisional IRA, which is still in operation. While it may have opened its arms dumps here and there, it is still ruling the roost in the Border areas and controlling communities through threats...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

James Heffernan: ...and note my support for Senator Averil Power's amendment to the Order of Business. The Maíria Cahill case was raised a couple of times today. I took on board what Sinn Féin said about how the IRA filled a vacuum in terms of policing and that people did not have confidence in the RUC in the North. However, the regime that was put in place in terms of the police, courts and the...