Question Time

It seems like Martin McGuinness can't get away from people in Stormont bringing up his alleged former position as a senior IRA member.
Last week he was confronted by UTV's Insight programme over the whereabouts of Captain Nairac's remains, to which Mr McGuinness said he didn't know anything, but urged anyone who did to come forward.
Now today during his first Question Time as Deputy First Minister, he was asked by Mervyn Storey (DUP) thinking that he had found the question which would shake Stormont to its very foundations, "Which takes priority his ministerial pledge of office or his oath to the army council?"
Clearly grown tired of such questions he calmly replied, "I have many allegiances, my allegiance is to my family, to my religious beliefs, to Ireland, to the party that I represent, and to this Executive."
Just a few years ago this exchange would have resulted in the Sinn Féin MLA being jeered at and shouted down from the unionist benches, but today it was noticeable the episode barely caused a ripple on either side of the House. Maybe its a sign that Martin McGuinness will not have to answer such questions as often in the future.