Two new dissident republican groups have emerged, according to the Independent Monitoring Commission report published today.
One - styling itself as Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH) - has splintered from the Continuity IRA and the other - describing itself as Saoirse na hÉireann (SNH) - is composed of disaffected, and largely young, republicans, mainly from Belfast.
ONH was responsible for one assault, one post office robbery and has been trying to recruit former members of the Real IRA, according to the IMC.
SNH claimed responsibility for two hoax devices in September, the IMC said.
"It remains to be seen how and to what extent these new groupings develop; previous experience with splinter dissident groupings indicates that they might not necessarily be long-lasting," the report added.
The CIRA has continued to be active in the three months under review from the end of October 2005. The IMC report said it was responsible for a hoax device placed under the vehicle of an RIR officer in October.
"We believe that CIRA planned a campaign of viable and hoax bombs against private and commercial as well as military targets.
"We think it probable that the organisation was responsible for planting four explosive devices in the period under review, one against an Orange Hall, and for hoaxes at commercial premises and the Down Royal Race Course.
It instructed some members of the newly formed ONH to leave Northern Ireland.
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) has continued a "low but potentially serious level of activity".
It deployed weapons for defensive purposes in September following the Whiterock riots in Belfast and it continues attempts to recruit members, according to the IMC.
It also undertook at least one unreported assault and was responsible for an arson attack in Strabane on the home of a member of a District Policing Partnership.
"We conclude as before that the threat of the organisation's more active involvement remains although its present capacity for a sustained campaign is not high," the IMC report notes.
Two factions within the Real IRA have continued to seek to enhance the capacity of the group.
"It has sought to develop its capacity to acquire intelligence, particularly on the security forces.
"It continues to develop its equipment and to seek both to recruit members and to acquire munitions".
Some parts of the organisation are working on a long-term strategy and are focussing on the training of members.
The group is believed to have been responsible for the vicious attack on the Deputy Chair of the Policing Board, Denis Bradley, in Derry.
