Frances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank all our witnesses this morning for an amazing and informative discussion and I am intrigued by it all. My question has been covered. I had a question about the civic forum and the witnesses have touched on it frequently. I love civic forums and citizens' assemblies. That is where I come from. I will ask a question to hear a little bit more around the civic forum, the citizens' assembly and the witnesses' thoughts on it. We know that in 2019, 89% of unionists, 83% of nationalists and 80% of others supported restoration of the Executive and the Assembly and we know there is a solid support for a cross-community legislature and power-sharing body. Professor Tonge's opening statement also mentioned the need for attitudinal change to ensure a stable Northern Assembly and not necessarily institutional reform. I would love if the witnesses could say a little bit more about whether they think having a civic forum that could not collapse is a solution to this or what their thoughts are. This is for all of our witnesses this morning. I would love to hear what their thoughts are on that. I thank the witnesses again and Ms Claire Hanna for inviting them in. It has been really informative and I really enjoyed hearing them all this morning.