There is no doubt that there are people in the republican movement who have been guilty of breaches of the ceasefire,

If people can't vote for you, then I doubt that they can vote for any Republican nominee. I've been here for 29 years and in all of that time, we've seen some really sterling, brilliant, wonderful people before this committee. But I've never seen anybody who has done a better job of explaining himself than you have.

If people can't vote for you, then I doubt they can vote for any Republican nominee.

The Republican movement have not behaved properly over the years. They have not themselves implemented the Agreement. If they had implemented the Agreement then they would have disarmed completely in May 2000, that is what they undertook to do, that is what they failed to do.

We want to ensure that nothing is imposed upon the people here, that their consent is paramount.

The people of Northern Ireland will now judge Sinn Fein on their actions over the coming days, ... An end to the war means the weapons of terrorism must be destroyed and all forms of paramilitary violence must cease for good.