Feargal Quinn (Independent)

I welcome the Taoiseach. I have only one sister, who is the mother of seven children. On 12 July some 30 years ago I had to knock on her door and tell her that her husband had just been shot dead. Anybody who has had to go through that experience would be very careful about the words they use and actions they take. This has happened on all sides in the intervening 30 years. With the Agreement, we saw some chance. I noted the Taoiseach's comment that it took some time before all of the institutional arrangements began to operate effectively as they did. Now they have slipped – I hope it is only a slip. Shame on us as a nation, a 32 county island, if we allow what has been achieved to fall apart. Let us be very careful on all sides about the words we use and the actions we take. Let us support those who are working towards peace by giving them our full commitment. The Taoiseach and others leading the process deserve out best support.