Seanad debates
Wednesday, 23 October 2002
Northern Ireland: Statements.
Decommissioning is the one facet that sticks out and is regarded by Unionists as bogus, cosmetic and virtually non-existent. One must be honest about it – what has happened in terms of decommissioning is zero. It has been a small, token gesture in order to produce a symbol to pacify and provide a fig-leaf for Mr. David Trimble. It has succeeded in doing this, but the emphasis must now be placed on what the British Prime Minister, Mr. Blair, said, that the next move is up to the IRA.
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