Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the fact that the Government is now giving €5 million to the board of the International Fund for Ireland to move its strategy forward. One of the major concerns in recent years has been the increase in sectarianism. Much of the funding goes to those interface areas and cross-party and cross-community work that is so important. With regard to shared spaces where it is safe for people to talk, I commend the Department on the work it is carrying out. I am a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and we have done a lot of outreach work to Unionist, and republican and Nationalist areas. However, there is no real structured element in regard to the House. I feel a bit awkward that we deal with the North in the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. There should be structures. There is no structured group in the House meeting many of the communities we are funding. Does the Minister have a view on that? I am not taking away from the good work of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, which is of huge significance. There is room for another structure. Does the Minister have a view on that?