Paramilitary Groups
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-12
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Éamon Ó Cuív (FF), Galway West

I thank the Minister for her comprehensive answer. It is very useful. That recommendation is key in the report because if you can persuade people to move forward, it is an enduring way of creating a circumstance in which these groups would disband or would not operate. Will the Minister indicate whether the British Government is fully bought into this concept? Does she think progress can be made? There is a certain amount of urgency. When you are on a bicycle, if you stop going forward, you start wobbling and you will fall off. There is an element of that in this case. It is important that we continue to progress. It would be a bold step, which I accept. There are precedents for such bold steps in the past, which reaped rich dividends and talking has been more beneficial than anything else in bringing about a new dispensation.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-12