Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his generosity in facilitating two of our six amendments. It is important we wish the new commission well. Its members have a difficult job to do and their work and recommendations will be important because they have a certain expertise in counter-terrorism and security matters, which we should not underestimate. The key to this issue is to forever remove the gun from Irish politics. This is the route for constitutional parties to take. Paramilitary parties must now sunder their relationship with illegal organisations. If this is done and we achieve a measure of agreement, the future is possible for the hardest men and women on both sides of the community in Northern Ireland.

Question put and agreed to.