Sinn Féin's chief negotiator Mr Martin McGuinness has again criticised those who took part in the Northern Bank raid, describing their actions as a criminal robbery.
Mr McGuinness also said those involved in the robbery "didn't give a damn about the peace process".
He was highly critical of those involved, saying: "It's being used against us, the people who robbed the Northern Bank didn't give a damn about the peace process; didn't give tuppence for the work Gerry Adams and I and others were involved in over the course of many years; they were obviously people out for self-gain."
He was speaking yesterday on the Eamon Dunphy breakfast show on Newstalk106.
He reiterated his belief that the IRA were not responsible but said it would be an even more serious issue if the IRA were lying to him. "I don't believe that the IRA robbed the Northern Bank. But if the IRA had robbed the Northern Bank during the course of those critical negotiations, it would have been very serious indeed."
He had sat at several meetings with the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, and the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and no evidence had been provided showing the IRA was involved. "And they haven't given us a smidgeon to work on," he said.