Difficult things need to be said in order that we can move forward. Four years after the negotiation of the Agreement the situation cannot remain that active paramilitarism continues to be linked with a political party in a normal democracy. We all know Northern Ireland is not a normal democracy, but we expected, not just in Northern Ireland, but also in this jurisdiction, that significantly more progress would be made on the twin issues of decommissioning and the abandonment of paramilitarism than has been the case.