Paramilitary Groups Transition from Violence and Crime

Division held on 10 March 2025. The Motion, As Amended, Was Carried

Decision type

Simple Majority

Method

Lobby Division

Result

The Motion, As Amended, Was Carried

Debate

Paramilitary Groups: Transition from Violence and Crime

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The motion voted on

Motion (Private Members' Motion): Paramilitary Groups Transition from Violence and Crime

That this Assembly categorically opposes proposals from the UK and Irish Governments to appoint an independent expert to scope out a new process of engagement to bring about paramilitary group transition to disbandment; agrees that, more than 25 years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, there is no place for paramilitarism in our society, and that such groups should either immediately disband or face a robust law enforcement approach like other organised crime gangs; welcomes the work of the Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime; and calls on the UK and Irish Governments to abandon plans for this scoping and engagement exercise and reinvest the associated funding in law enforcement approaches to paramilitary activity.

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Tabled by: Ms Paula Bradshaw, Mr Stewart Dickson, Ms Connie Egan, Miss Nuala McAllister

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