Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

Not necessarily. Does Sinn Féin uphold the Constitution? The Minister referred to a destructive ambiguity. The spokespersons for Sinn Féin utter the greatest ambiguity of all and abuse the English language in an attempt to go down two sides of the road at the same time. When will we be honest enough to say that we have come out of a history of paramilitarism, that there are parties with that background but we can move on from that? "We" is appropriate because Sinn Féin and the IRA are part of this nation. They are people we know in our communities, there is no separation between them and us. We may like to think that we are separate but Sinn Féin-IRA members are in our communities. I do not know how to put it up to them but the time has come to do so. The Minister is doing so but should not go too far and create a demonising effect which generates a sense of victimhood. There is no one better at playing the victim than Sinn Féin, as we have seen.