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| Stormont crisis: Legacy issues in focus at day four of talks | Stormont crisis: Legacy issues in focus at day four of talks |
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| Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has said the impact of paramilitary activity and legacy issues is the focus of the round-table talks under way at Stormont. | |
| Day-four of the discussions include issues such as the new institutions to help address the concerns of victims and survivors. | |
| These were proposed as part of the Stormont House Agreement. | These were proposed as part of the Stormont House Agreement. |
| Welfare reform and finance were on the agenda on Wednesday. | Welfare reform and finance were on the agenda on Wednesday. |
| Ms Villiers said she sensed a willingness among the political parties to make progress despite significant differences on those issues. | Ms Villiers said she sensed a willingness among the political parties to make progress despite significant differences on those issues. |
| She said there was a "thorough consideration" of some key elements of the Stormont House Agreement. | She said there was a "thorough consideration" of some key elements of the Stormont House Agreement. |
| The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) have expressed concern over some aspects of the legacy proposals. | The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) have expressed concern over some aspects of the legacy proposals. |
| UUP MP Tom Elliott said: "Through the information retrieval process obviously perpetrators can give information to that commission which can be passed on to victims' families. | UUP MP Tom Elliott said: "Through the information retrieval process obviously perpetrators can give information to that commission which can be passed on to victims' families. |
| "That evidence then cannot be used within any other judicial process that has been given to that information retrieval commission. | "That evidence then cannot be used within any other judicial process that has been given to that information retrieval commission. |
| "The problem there is that if the perpetrator or someone on their behalf then makes that public then obviously it can't be used in a legal process or in a challenge to them through a different system, in other words through the Historical Investigations Unit." | "The problem there is that if the perpetrator or someone on their behalf then makes that public then obviously it can't be used in a legal process or in a challenge to them through a different system, in other words through the Historical Investigations Unit." |
| Legacy issues agreed under the Stormont House Agreement | Legacy issues agreed under the Stormont House Agreement |
| The UUP are also concerned that the public have not been consulted on the legacy issues and the discrepancy over the disclosure of information between the authorities in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. | The UUP are also concerned that the public have not been consulted on the legacy issues and the discrepancy over the disclosure of information between the authorities in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. |
| Mr Elliott said that under the proposals, the British government would give full disclosure of any information it holds, while the Irish government have committed to provide disclosure of information, without using the word full. | Mr Elliott said that under the proposals, the British government would give full disclosure of any information it holds, while the Irish government have committed to provide disclosure of information, without using the word full. |
| The round-table talks between Northern Ireland's political parties are aimed at finding a resolution to the crisis at Stormont. | The round-table talks between Northern Ireland's political parties are aimed at finding a resolution to the crisis at Stormont. |
| The political row was triggered by a police assessment that IRA members were involved in the murder of former IRA man Kevin McGuigan Sr last month. | The political row was triggered by a police assessment that IRA members were involved in the murder of former IRA man Kevin McGuigan Sr last month. |
| Police said the IRA still existed, but added that it was not engaged in terrorism. | Police said the IRA still existed, but added that it was not engaged in terrorism. |
| Three Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ministers subsequently resigned from Northern Ireland's ruling executive, and Peter Robinson, the party's leader, stepped aside as first minister. | Three Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ministers subsequently resigned from Northern Ireland's ruling executive, and Peter Robinson, the party's leader, stepped aside as first minister. |
| The DUP and the Ulster Unionists agreed last week to join the round-table talks when the government ordered a review of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. | The DUP and the Ulster Unionists agreed last week to join the round-table talks when the government ordered a review of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. |
| On Tuesday, the government announced the names of the panel members who will oversee the independent assessment. | On Tuesday, the government announced the names of the panel members who will oversee the independent assessment. |