Mr. Paul Maskey:

I will be very brief. I thank the Tánaiste for coming to the committee today. He will be aware of and recognise that there are many sections of communities in the North of Ireland who suffer because they do not have equality. This is not only a recent thing since the Assembly collapsed two years ago: this has been going on for many years. People from the LGBT community, the Irish language community and other sections of the community may never have had equality in their lifetime. As a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement, the Government will be aware that there are still a number of issues that have never been implemented. The Assembly has been collapsed for two years. It collapsed because a lot of those agreements have never been implemented in their entirety. This is a massive issue. People who raise this with me say that they want and deserve equality as much as anybody else. As a co-guarantor, the Tánaiste has a special remit with regard to the agreements. Is there a progress report? Does the Tánaiste do progress reports? Prior to the Assembly collapsing two years ago what did the Government do to try to get the outstanding issues implemented in their entirety as per those agreements? I will leave it at that.