Easaontóirí Poblachtánacha

Tá tuarascáil eile foilsithe ag an IMC - Coiomisiún Monatóireachta Neamhspleách - atá ar an bhfód le sé bliana.

Deir siad go bhfuil an Fíor-IRA agus an tIRA Leanúnach fíochmhar, foréigeanach agus sásta daoione a mharú. Teastaíonn uathu próiseas na síochána a chur as rocht freisin, a dúradh.

Tá tuarascáil an choimisiún á iniúchadh ag rialtais na hEireann is na Breataine.

M Fómhair 2009 go dtí Feabhra na bliana seo an tréimhse a bhí faoi scrúdú.

Tá ceathrar sa gcoimisiún (IMC).

Deirtear sa tuarascáil go bhfuil a gcuid breathnadóireachta ar pharamíleataí méadaithe ag an PSNI agus ag na Gardaí.

Tá líon na n-ionsaithe méadaithe ag lucht paramíleata a dúradh. Gardaí is oifigigh an PSNI is mó a ionsaítear, a dúradh.

Tugtar le fios freisin go bhfuil siad ag earcú ógánaigh gan taithí agus bhfuil siad i mbun iarrachtaí gunnaí agus armlóin a fháil in áiteanna sa bPoblacht agus sa Tuaisceart.

Deir an IMC go bhfuil coiriúlacht ar bun ag paramíleataigh freisin - robáil, kidnapping, extortion, mí-shuaimhneas/iompar poiblí.

Deirtear go mb'fhéidir go mbeadh iar-bhall den IRA - déantúsóir buanaí - leis na heasaontóirí poblachtánacha anois agus go mb'fhéidir go bhfuil roinnt iar-bhaill den IRA ag cuidiú leo.

Ní féidir a rá áfach, gur ionann an méid atá ag tarlú is feachtas an IRA Sealadach féin.

Deir Stát-Rúnaí nua an Tuaiscirt Owen Paterson gur léirigh olltoghchán na Breataine go bhfuil tacaíocht ag na páirtithe a thacaíonn le próiseas na síochána.


The Northern Secretary Owen Paterson said the UK general election showed that there was overwhelming support for parties who want to make the political process work.
He said recent significant acts of decommissioning by both loyalist and republican paramilitaries marked a sea change in paramilitary activity.
He said the region still faced serious paramilitary challenges, but the decision by many to eschew violence was a hugely important signal of change.
O'Dowd calls for end to IMC
Meanwhile, a leading Sinn Féin member has called for the IMC to be wound up.
Upper Bann Assembly member John O'Dowd said the money should be put into frontline services to minimise the cuts being introduced by the British government.
He said the money was currently being wasted in the IMC's administration and expenses.
Mr O'Dowd said the Commission was no part of the architecture of the Good Friday Agreement and had been set up as a unionist comfort blanket. He said it had no role to play in the political process.
'No doubt the IMC will produce their usual and predictable report, the contents of which will have no influence on the political process.
'This is the function it has played for the past six years. It is a leftover from David Trimble's era and one which is little more than a cash cow for those involved', Mr O'Dowd said.
'Can anyone seriously justify continuing to pump millions of pounds of public money into the IMC particularly at a time when there are real and acute pressures on frontline services in education, health and other areas?' he asked.

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