Mr. Peter Finnegan:

Yes. One of the great tragedies of the fact that the Assembly is suspended is that that association, which had very much begun to find its feet, is not currently functioning. The Ceann Comhairle is very anxious to keep North-South links alive and has taken several initiatives. He regularly contacts the Speaker of the Stormont Assembly, Mr. Robin Newton, and hosted a talk in the Members' restaurant in May on Edward Carson to reciprocate a talk which took place in the Assembly in January to commemorate the First Dáil. We hope that the North-South Inter-Parliamentary Association will be back up and running once Stormont is.