Govt: IMC report 'reflects complex transition' for IRA

Content in the reports from the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) and the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) "reflects the complexity of the transition which is taking place in that organisation", a government statement said today.

"The absence of evidence of PIRA paramilitary activity since last July including authorised attacks, recruitment, training, targeting and involvement in rioting is of particular note."

The reports identified "some issues of concern particularly in relation to criminal activity and the gathering of intelligence which must be addressed in maintaining and building on the progress which has undeniably been made" the government statement said. It referred also to "a disturbing picture in relation to activities of both loyalist paramilitary organisations and dissident republican organisations".