Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Business of Joint Committee
Integrated Education: Discussion

Ms Amanda McNamee:

I had the lovely opportunity of working in Drumragh in 1998 at a difficult time for that community. Senator Ó Donnghaile comes from a background of enjoying politics. As a principal of an integrated school, I love seeing our young people coming from all different angles of politics and having the ability to debate without fear or judgment while still holding different opinions. Our young people want to talk about many things have happened in recent years. They may have differences of opinion on Brexit and what is going to happen in Ireland, Northern Ireland and-or the north of Ireland.

We should be encouraging those young people not to be afraid to talk it through because if people do not talk it through and communicate, we will take a step back to what we had before, which is people being fearful of one another and not really understanding what happens in each of our respective homes and communities.

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