Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Dallat, MLA. Does anybody wish to expand on how we can move forward on the suggestions made today? I believe the SDLP representatives have reiterated what has happened in recent months. There has been an appetite in Northern Ireland to get involved in the Haass-O'Sullivan process. Without going into the nuts and bolts of that, it is significant that there were more than 600 submissions and with the vast majority from civic society it has identified an appetite for civic engagement. In private session we agreed that we would contact the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach to follow up post-Haass outlining the committee's feelings. We can include today's SDLP submission as part of that communique. We can also include the full contribution because many people made observations today. I will let the members contribute to add their own input.

I call Senator Jim D'Arcy followed by Mr. McDonnell, MLA.