Reaction:Sinn Féin president Mr Gerry Adams has said the IRA statement was a sign of a "deepening crisis" and as a result of the "retrograde stance" of the two governments.
"The two government have opted for confrontation. They are engaging in the sterile politics of the blame game without any regard for the consequences.
"This negative approach has effectively scuttled the enormous work done in persuading the IRA to undertake the unprecedented initiatives which they publicly outlined in December.
"All of this good work has now been undermined."
Mr Ian Paisley Junior of the DUP said he treated the statement with "contempt" from a group that was "unspeakably evil". He said the IRA was involved in a "silly little game" and that it "never had any intention of putting their arsm beyond use".
SDLP Deputy Leader, Alasdair McDonnell, said the IRA was "engaging in blatant sabre-rattling and wrecking the Agreement further."
"We have been here before. On previous occasions the IRA has withdrawn co-operation from the decommissioning process as a cynical tactic.
"We cannot allow the peace process to be held hostage to intransigence of the IRA or the DUP. There is an onus on the governments to ensure that as much of the Agreement as possible is implemented now. We cannot allow the IRA to stand in the way of change and progress for all of us."
A Government spokesman told ireland.comthe Taoiseach would not be issuing a statement in response to the IRA text. "The Taoiseach has already made the Government's position clear," he said.
A spokesman for the British government said they were not surprised by the IRA statement. "The fact remains that it was the IRA that did carry out the Northern Bank robbery and as the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach said yesterday therefore it is the IRA that is the sole obstacle to moving forward."
Ulster Unionist Party member, Mr Michael McGimpsey, said the statement was a "crude, thinly veiled threat."
"It is now up to those who support the democratic process, including the Prime Minister and Taoiseach to stand shoulder to shoulder and face this threat down.
"Republicans feel they are above the law. The Government must make it clear that they are not."
