Does the Taoiseach believe that while Mr Gerry Adams has publicly stated he cannot get the IRA to deliver on decommissioning prior to the establishment of an executive, Mr Adams could deliver on the commencement of a decommissioning process by the IRA if the executive were formed?
- The Labour leader, Mr Ruairi Quinn
I would love to be able to respond positively . . . but I would be misleading the House if I said I would be any more confident.
- Mr Ahern
To the best of my knowledge, those who work for me and others do their best and the journalists tend to do their best. If sometimes the story gets unstuck, so be it. We need not go on about it.
- Mr Ahern