Ms Fiona Quinn:

For the North, I imagine it would have to be a centralised body. It is not easy to see how it could be attached to existing Dáil constituencies. Ultimately, one local authority could act as an agent for that purpose. A separate body could be established. At some point in time, when the electoral commission is established, I presume it would have a role in this regard. The timing of all these things is such that there are a lot of moving parts.

I want to be clear on an earlier point from our perspective. All these things are doable. There is no problem that is insurmountable. We will be able to do this if a decision is taken by the people to do it. There are different options, depending on the question that is put to the people. We will then be able to design a system around that. The options paper identified the practical issues. It is important we do that to facilitate a good discussion and decision-making. From our perspective, we will be able to deal with whatever is thrown at us.