Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.

Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door.

But the fact is that the vast majority of Republicans support the Sinn Fein leadership.

Along with that ongoing process Sinn Fein took a decision to establish a peace commission which had the responsibility to travel around the country to receive submissions from the general public, also our opponents.

Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.

Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.

The most important thing to say is that Sinn Fein isn't going back to anything. We are a party on the move.