Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Annie HoeyAnnie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have one quick question. I know the witnesses have been bombarded with many questions. It is about the idea of a citizens' assembly. That is a model which was used and worked quite well here for what were considered contentious items. Will the witnesses elaborate on how they believe this could work in this instance? Would it have to happen in both areas, including Northern Ireland? Do the witnesses foresee this as a model that could work? We talked about other models, about Garret FitzGerald and different ways of doing things. Being a person who participated in one of the citizens' assemblies as a presenter, that kind of deliberative democracy provided a great opportunity for teasing things out and pulling things along. Will the witnesses elaborate on how this deliberative piece could work, including some of the frameworks we have that have been used in the past successfully? I know this is possibly going over ground which we have already trodden on.

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