Seanad debates
Tuesday, 9 December 2003
Independent Monitoring Commission Bill 2003: Second Stage.
The only time the IRA has decommissioned some of its weapons, since 1998, was as a result of the suspension of the institutions when Mr. David Trimble put pressure on them. There have been three IRA acts of decommissioning since 1998, each one occurring as a result of the pressure exerted by Mr. Trimble. If there is a lesson to be learned from this by the Government and by the SDLP, it is that we must stand together as democrats in constitutionally configured parties to deal once and for all with the parts of the Agreement that have not been implemented.
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