This document contains the response of the Irish Government to the three questions posed by the Chairman on 25 June 1996 regarding the status of the ground rules. The Irish Government stated that the ground rules paper was the publicly stated basis for the negotiations, and that it was committed to the paper as the basic document of definition and reference for the talks. They also noted that while the ground rules did not preclude paragraph 7 of the rules of procedure, the participants were entitled to insist that the rules of procedure did not contradict the ground rules that facilitated their entry into the negotiations. The Government further stated that the ground rules protected the freedom of all negotiators to raise any significant issues of concern and advanced an open agenda with no pre-determined or excluded outcome. They advocated for the participants to recognise and maintain the status of the ground rules paper during the talks process.
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