Trevor Sargent
Ceist:449 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give an update on the situation regarding decommissioning in Northern Ireland. [25286/01]
Written Answers. - Northern Ireland Issues.
On 23 October the IRA stated that it had implemented the scheme previously agreed with the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning. Subsequently the commission issued a report confirming that a quantity of arms, including firearms, ammunition and explosives, had been decommissioned in an event regarded by the commission as significant. The commission indicated that it would continue its contact with the IRA representative in the pursuit of its mandate. The Government has welcomed this act of decommissioning and urges all paramilitary groups to engage fully with the commission to achieve the complete decommissioning of paramilitary arms.