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IRISHEXAMINER|February2nd,2010
T
alks aimed at resolving
the Northern devolu-
tion impasse were
again under way at
Hillsborough Castle outside
Belfast as we went to press on
Monday
DUP leader Peter Robinson
and Sinn F�in Deputy First
Minister Martin McGuinness
returned to Hillsborough on
Monday afternoon.
In the evening, the DUP's
Edwin Poots said there had
been "considerable advance-
ment": "There has been a con-
siderable amount of work
done. I think we are getting to
know where the bottom lines
are here, and I think it is
absolutely necessary that we
have total clarity and certainty
both on policing and justice,
and on the parades issue."
But he said he wanted an
unambiguous deal that "every
Ulster man and woman" could
understand.
"There can be a deal but it
can only be on the basis of
respect and equality. Some
people think they can ride
roughshod over the DUP, that
they are going to bully them
and bully the unionist peo-
ple...that's not going to hap-
pen."
Sinn F�in's Conor Murphy,
asked if "a deal was on", said:
"Not as yet, it's not on. I hope
that that changes over the
coming hours, and we will cer-
tainly remain focused to try to
achieve that, but unfortunately
to date, a deal is not yet on."
Mr Murphy added: "If there
is a possibility of a deal, we
will pursue that, but at some
stage we will have to call
whether the DUP are capable
or willing to do the business or
not."
Sinn F�in and the DUP have
been arguing for months over
the timing and circumstances
of the transfer of policing and
justice powers to Belfast.
The gap between the two
parties is believed to be getting
smaller with the talks focusing
on the "fine details".
Sinn F�in wants the powers
transferred immediately, while
the DUP has said that can only
happen when there is "com-
munity confidence" among
unionists.
The largest unionist party
said that confidence could be
built through a deal on how to
resolve the parading issue.
However, republicans have
maintained that devolution
should not depend on agree-
ment on parading.
Before the talks began on
Monday deputy First Minister
Martin McGuinness said that
"significant progress" has been
made in the talks.
He added that he wanted to
move forward on the basis of
partnership and equality
between nationalists and
unionists.
Mr McGuinness said: "I am
happy to say we have made sig-
nificant progress. Institutions
which don't deliver are worth-
less and something I will not
be involved in.
"I now hope we have a basis
upon which nationalists,
republicans, unionists and loy-
alists will move forward
together on the basis of part-
nership and equality
"There is no other realistic
or viable path available."
He also said that people had
the right to a proper policing
service, the right to institu-
tions which deliver, the right to
see poverty tackled.
"These talks were about
equality. It was about rights.
Your rights, my rights, our
rights," he added.
"These are not negotiable.
They are entitlements."
The talks represent the
longest period of sustained
negotiations since the peace
process began in the 1990s. C
In Belfast, Talks
Continue On
Devolution
First Minister Peter Robinson and his DUP negotiating team talk to the press on Monday evening (Photocall)
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