A member of the Stormont Assembly is echoing comments from the Sinn Fein leader that "the IRA is gone and is not coming back."
Gerry Kelly was speaking in light of the controversy, which erupted when a PSNI detective last week linked the organisation to the murder of Kevin McGuigan.
The Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Justice are to meet the Northern Secretary next week to discuss the political fallout of the killing.
Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly insisted this morning that there's no evidence that the IRA is active in any way.
He also rejected reports that any former members have been carrying out their own investigations into the murder of Gerard 'Jock' Davison in Belfast earlier this year:
"Whoever's involved in this...I can tell you they do not represent republicanism. The killings were wrong. They have carried out an act which they should be brought to justice for."
