Debate contribution: Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime

Debate contribution by Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly on .

MLA
Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly
Party at the time
Democratic Unionist Party
Date
5 October 2026
Type
Debate contribution (made as a minister)
Business
Oral Answers to Questions
Heading
Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime
Assembly identifier
Official Report component 5774118

Text

What beggars belief is the brass neck of Sinn Féin. Just last week, you stood on the road, shoulder to shoulder with dissidents, Provos and those with appalling convictions. Indeed, just this weekend, we had the First Minister standing cuddling a terrorist — Breandán Mac Cionnaith — who was jailed for blowing up Portadown's main street. If the First Minister has forgotten that, I suggest that she look up the photographs. What message does that send?

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