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There have been encouraging reports since yesterday from the talks aimed at resolving the very serious situation on the Garvaghy Road. I would imagine that everybody in this House, and indeed outside it, hopes that these discussions lead to a breakthrough. The people of the Garvaghy Road … Their strength and dignity have resonated far beyond Portadown. They have received solidarity and support from across this island, while events on the Garvaghy Road have attracted attention far beyond Ireland. This community has carried the scars of Drumcree for decades but which has nevertheless built and protected

their areas on contentious Orange marches could come to an end if the Orange Order keeps trying to force its way down the Garvaghy Road. The peace of the last 28 years is in danger of unravelling under this Government's watch. Yesterday, the Minister for foreign affairs … stated that the only solution to Drumcree was an agreement between the Orange Order and the residents of the Garvaghy Road. Where has she been for the last 28 years? For 28 years, the Orange Order march was banned down the Garvaghy Road. For 28 years there

thank the Minister for outlining her position. I was on the Garvaghy Road on Sunday. I also met the residents last week. I was living and studying in the North during the last eruption of violence on the Garvaghy Road in the late nineties. The residents' message … their community, all of which is being undermined and torn apart right now. I urge the Government to engage with residents of the Garvaghy Road. I do not know from the comments of the Minister if that has happened yet or if she simply described the engagement

Breataine stop a chur leis an máirseáil Oráisteach seo. There have been 11 days of fear, anxiety and sleepless nights on the Garvaghy Road. A dark cloud is hanging over families who fear that 28 years of peace could be torn apart. The British Secretary of State … must use his powers, do his job and bring this crisis to an end. There cannot be an unwanted Orange march down the Garvaghy Road. This issue was resolved 28 years ago and we are not going back to the past. The residents have made their position crystal

past, despite the fact there is enduring hurt from the past, which I want to acknowledge. I met residents from the Garvaghy Road in Leinster House last Thursday. I was struck by two things when I met them. First, I was struck by the really good work that … over a sustained period. I was particularly struck by the commentary around youth work. Later in the week I heard residents from the Garvaghy Road on radio talking about how communities now mix and how children play and move around in their lives regardless of political tradition

thank the Deputy. As she said, I do not think any of us expected to be here talking about the Garvaghy Road and the potential for a parade or march to be taking place, given the history and the fact that 28 years have passed without this parade … this. I have engaged with a range of political parties, my team in the North and residents of the Garvaghy Road. I have engaged extensively with the Secretary of State, Chris Bryant, who has been in Northern Ireland for most of this week. Importantly, there has been significant

that day. That led to horrific consequences subsequently, which we have also condemned. I am on the record in relation to the Garvaghy Road situation and my views on the Parades Commission’s decision are well-known. My view is that we do have to resolve this through … Burnham, in the past 48 hours. There had been discussions during the course of past week, in which the Orange Order and the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition participated. Those discussions ended without agreement. I acknowledge that. I still believe that we need a mediated resolution. That

Andy Burnham, on the fact that he needs to take action and the fact that the threat of a sectarian march on the Garvaghy Road is not okay. A ridiculous decision was taken by the Parades Commission and we need the British Government to act. I am utterly … tell the British Government that it is not okay for a sectarian march to be foisted on people on the Garvaghy Road who have been through far too much. I ask that that message be brought back

deal with Sinn Féin or others. A lot of cynicism went on there. We fully supported the right of the residents of Garvaghy Road not to have that parade

simple reality and we have to have a very clear-cut, unequivocal enunciation of it, which is that the rights of the Garvaghy Road community to live free from sectarian harassment are crystal-clear

this march and to allow the space for the considerable repair work that will have to be done on the Garvaghy Road, across Portadown and farther afield. We are now facing into a very dangerous limbo and stalemate. There is a responsibility on the Taoiseach to apply

Taoiseach should make it clear to the British Government that a march should not be allowed to go down the Garvaghy Road

which could impede a resolution of this, which would mean no marching and no parades down the Garvaghy Road, because nobody wants them

British ambassador, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Bryant, over the events of the past few days surrounding the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. [69715/26

familiar with the scars left on people across this island from the Troubles. We know the hard work done by the people of Garvaghy Road in Portadown to build peace, reconciliation and understanding in their own community. The developments of the last two weeks threaten to derail that

ever. The peace obviously must be maintained. The nationalist community is strong, confident and resilient, as are the people who live on the Garvaghy Road, and they simply want to live in peace. A generation has lived without confrontation and without sectarian marches being imposed on them. Obviously

commend the community of Garvaghy Road on their courage and resilience against what we hope is one of the last pangs of Orange supremacism and triumphalism. Political unionism really needs to take a look at itself. Is this the road it wants to go down? None

British ambassador, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Bryant, over the events of the past few days surrounding the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. [69715/26

asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the engagement she has had with the British government concerning the Garvaghy Road parade dispute. [69339/26