Seanad debates

Tuesday, 9 December 2003

Independent Monitoring Commission Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

One of the major reasons two thirds of the Unionist community voted for anti-Agreement parties is that the issues of Sinn Féin in Government and decommissioning, which is an essential part of the Agreement, have not been adequately resolved. We should have dealt with the issue before now. Had sanctions been brought to bear on those parties which were outside the Agreement and not fulfilling its obligations much sooner, we would be in a stronger position. We are where we are, however, and have a difficult situation to address. I know the Governments will do everything in their power to get the multi-party talks going again, assuming there is some prospect of agreement, but that will be difficult.

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