§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has, for each of the last 10 years, as to the amount of financial support received by the Irish Republican Army and Sinn Fein from NORAID in the United States; and what steps he proposes to take to staunch this flow of funds.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweNORAID members claim that they have raised more than $3 million in the last 15 years. It is illegal in the United Kingdom to give money to the Provisional IRA. United States law is a matter for the United States authorities.
The United States Government's total opposition to organisations involved directly or indirectly in terrorism in Northern ireland is beyond doubt. It takes active steps to arrest and prosecute those engaged in the export of arms to the terrorists.