"The revelation that Ian Paisley Junior approved the secondment of PSNI officers to Libya, on behalf of the Policing Board, demonstrates not just his utter lack of judgement but that in Northern Ireland we not only have a dysfunctional Executive but a dysfunctional DUP.

 

"There can be no reconciliation between the apt declaration by Nigel Dodds that  'whoever approved the move was "living on a different planet"' and Ian Paisley's cavalier act, which clearly he kept to himself. This was an act showing utter disregard to the history and deep sensitivities felt over Libya. On top of the earlier reported comments by Mr Paisley disparaging the legal action against Libya, we now have this crass act. He really needs to fully explain himself.

 

Given the magnitude of this gaffe I would call on Nigel Dodds to join with me in calling on Ian Paisley Junior to resign from the Policing Board."