Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will be in Dublin today to hold talks with his party on the transfer of policing and justice powers from Westminster to Belfast.
Mr Adams will meet Sinn Féin leadership on the issue at Leinster House. The group will also be discussing the party's campaign to oppose the Lisbon Treaty.
Earlier this month, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for the swift transfer of policing and justice powers to the Stormont Executive.
The St Andrews Agreement, signed in 2006, earmarked a May deadline for the handover.
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However, First Minister the Rev Ian Paisley ruled any early transfer of powers until a number of conditions were met, including the IRA army council being disbanded.
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