Motion or amendment: Addressing Paramilitary Insignia
Motion or amendment by Mr Peter McReynolds on .
- MLA
- Mr Peter McReynolds
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 18 February 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Addressing Paramilitary Insignia
- Assembly identifier
- Document 428701
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Addressing Paramilitary Insignia
That this Assembly expresses grave concern at the ongoing prevalence and impact of paramilitary insignia, including flags and murals, within communities in Northern Ireland; condemns the continued use of this insignia to mark territory and control public spaces, long after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and the decommissioning of paramilitary groups; acknowledges the positive impact of re-imaging projects and the need for enhanced investment in cultural heritage artwork; welcomes the work of the Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime; believes the Executive Office’s delay in responding to the recommendations of the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition is unacceptable and is holding back reconciliation in Northern Ireland; and calls on the First Minister and deputy First Minister to publish an action plan, before the end of the 2022-2027 Assembly mandate, to implement the Commission’s recommendations and rid our communities of paramilitary flags and other insignia.
152 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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