“ Both the Taoiseach and the Chief Executive welcomed the fact that the Commission on Law Enforcement was meeting in Belfast simultaneously with their own meeting and agreed that it was of the utmost importance that recommendations should be brought forward by the commission as soon as possible to ensure that those who commit crlmes of violence in any part of Ireland are brought to trial whatever their professed motives. ”

“ There must be no ambiguity as to the right singular of the people of Norehern Ireland to retain their existlng constitutional status within the Utnited Kingdom as long as they wished to do so. That right had been entrenched In the Northern Ireland Constitution Act, 1973, which had been accepted by all those particpating in the Northern Ireland Executive. ”

“ The Taoiseach expressed his satisfaction that the Executive was now in operation, and emphasized that the Executive and assembly, as institutions of government representative of all sections of the Community in Northern Ireland wonld enjoy the wholehearted support of his Government. In particufPar, the Irish Government would join in defending those institutions against violence. There would accordingly be sustained and effective action against all who sought to use any area within the jurisdiction of the Irish Government as a base for acts of violence directed against Northern lreland. ”