James Heffernan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

It exists in those communities which it rules through the utmost fear and intimidation. Not one of those called in over the death of Paul Quinn spoke one word to the authorities. They sat in stony silence. To the IRA killers of Paul Quinn I hope the doors of the other world will be opened and that they will be haunted by his murder.If they are men they will come forward and hand themselves over to the authorities. I appeal to people in that area who have information and who may be sheltering those murderers to come forward also with that information. We have heard today that, contrary to what Sinn Féin has been telling us, the IRA has not left the stage and that it is still directing the production. We need to know who is the tail and who is the dog and who is in control of what. We need an urgent debate following on from the statement today by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, about the state of play of paramilitarism across Northern Ireland and across our State as well. We need that to happen as a matter of urgency.