Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I concur with Dr. Tannam's sentiments. I also concur with Colum Eastwood's point about the Irish Government having a plan.

It must not be forgotten that all political sides and parties need to put their shoulder to the wheel, particularly in Northern Ireland. We are talking about preparing. The English Government is or is not going to prepare the ground and everything is going to be hunky-dory. This is much bigger and wider than that. We all need to play our part. There is an air that 50% plus 1 is good enough. It is not good enough. The Good Friday Agreement was passed by over 70% in Northern Ireland. We need to aim at that, even beyond that. That is attainable if we all approach this in the same way we approached the Good Friday Agreement.

Professor Colin Harvey has taken a report with the committee over two sessions. There was no reference to the unionist community. Going back to my first question, there is a minority in Northern Ireland who are not at the table. What process would give us a fair view of the unionist position on a united Ireland and moving forward on our shared future?