Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a different issue and I mentioned that earlier.

I take the point in terms of some citizens going beyond where the Government wants to go at this stage. I have heard those debates in Northern Ireland, where nationalism has a new confidence and it wants more radical solutions in some cases. That has to be part of the debate but that is all the more reason we need an Executive and an Assembly that can manage that debate, so that it does not become a polarised and threatening one and that there is leadership by example coming from the top down in politics. When one talks about a safe and secure space to have this discussion, I would respectfully ask, in the context of the Brexit debate right now, whether we have a safe and secure and balanced platform for this discussion. I put that question out there.