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Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)

Maurice Cummins: ...addressed? Does it intend to establish an all-party committee to deal with the many aspects of law pertaining to the protection of children? I join Senator Minihan in condemning Sinn Féin and the IRA. What else would one expect of those who have been attacking the institutions of the State for many years?

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Maurice Cummins: ...issue. I ask the Minister to come into this House and explain why the Garda Síochána is not being properly resourced. On another issue, Members have stated that they accept the statement that the IRA was not involved in the killing of Mr. Denis Donaldson. I remind Members that there were similar denials with regard to the murders of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and Robert McCartney, and...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Statements. (6 Oct 2005)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome last week's decommissioning which was a recognition by the IRA that it could not bomb 1 million Protestants into a united Ireland. One hopes the IRA is now committed to peaceful means as the only way of securing its objectives. I joined Fine Gael in the early 1970s when our policy on Northern Ireland encompassed unification by peaceful means and with the consent of a majority in the...

Seanad: Garda Investigations: Motion. (28 Sep 2005)

Maurice Cummins: ...the remarks of previous speakers and the Minister. It is absolutely fitting that the motion before us is an all-party motion which every party in the House fully supports. The decommissioning of IRA weapons must be welcomed by all right-thinking people. It was long overdue and hopefully the IRA and Sinn Féin will abandon, along with the weapons and explosives, the other criminal...

Seanad: Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion. (24 Mar 2005)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister. Fine Gael welcomes the establishment of this inquiry into the murders of RUC Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and RUC Superintendent Robert Buchanan by the Provisional IRA. I remember reading in The Irish Times four years ago that this inquiry was to be set up and Fine Gael is pleased that it has finally been established. The two officers were a great loss to their...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion. (2 Feb 2005)

Maurice Cummins: ...fully to strictly democratic policies. There can be no more punishment beatings and robberies and no more fudging or evading the issues. Sinn Féin gave a public commitment in 2003 that the IRA would not engage in any activities which would undermine the peace process, as stated in the motion yet, at the recent talks in Leeds Castle, Sinn Féin refused to sign up to a clause requiring it...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2005)

Maurice Cummins: ...with Fine Gael in saying that we have many problems with many aspects of Sinn Féin and its chameleon-like tendencies. Just as Sinn Féin denied the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe, the IRA now denies robbing the Northern Bank and Sinn Féin seems nauseated at the thought that its denials are not taken as gospel truth. Sinn Féin is desperately trying to appease the public, while...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (9 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: ...understand why the Minister has not made impersonation an indictable offence when one considers the circumstances in which people have impersonated gardaí. For example, members of the Provisional IRA have set up road blocks and placed blue lights on their cars in order to pull over trucks carrying alcohol and cigarettes. Senators are aware of such activities. I am sure the Minister agrees...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Dec 2004)

Maurice Cummins: ...is no question of it being anyone else. I agree with Senator O'Toole than an explanation should be given by Sinn Féin especially as the killers denied at the time that they were members of the IRA or Sinn Féin, or acting on their behalf. What is the status of the other two killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe who remain on the run since 1996? How are they going to be treated? Will...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister and the forthright manner in which he elaborated on the republican movement and those involved therein. It has always been my belief that Sinn Féin and the IRA were inextricably linked and that the republican movement is involved in corruption and racketeering, and continues to be involved in punishment beatings. We, on this side of the House, have no wish to play...