From the BBC’s report on the decommissioning

General John de Chastelain: “We are satisfied that the arms decommissioned represent the totality of the IRA’s arsenal.”

“We have observed and verified events to put beyond use very large quantities of arms which we believe include all the arms in the IRA’s possession.”

The two church witnesses: “…it demonstrated to us - and would have demonstrated to anyone who might have been with us - that beyond any shadow of doubt, the arms of the IRA have now been decommissioned.”

Sometimes, when something is emphasised so emphatically it makes you wonder whom they’re actually trying to convince.

How do they know how many weapons the IRA actually possessed prior to them being decommissioned?

“In September 2004, the commission got estimates of numbers and quantities of arms from IRA security forces in both jurisdictions.”

They asked the IRA..?

The loyalists haven’t decommissioned. And, with 10,000 British troops still in Northern Ireland the country is still (if you’re an IRA supporter) ‘occupied’. Would the IRA leave themselves defenceless while loyalist paramilitaries are still armed and the British Army still patrols?

I think it unlikely - unreasonable, even - to expect that the IRA would do such a thing. Unless incontrovertible evidence can be provided I believe the IRA are still sufficiently armed to be a menace to the peace.