Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Quinn discussed one of his four asks and I would like to give him an opportunity to outline the other three asks.

My questions are specifically for Mr. Quinn and Ms Farrell. Mr. Quinn’s move on the NI Youth Assembly is a very positive one. Incidentally, I am the rapporteur for a cross-Border education initiative looking at student mobility and opportunities across the island. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science would be extremely interested in talking to Mr. Quinn's group and having its input on some of the barriers facing further and higher education.

In my portfolio, an issue that always comes up with me is the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, in particular in respect of the future of our island and how young people can be involved in shaping our constitutional future. They tell me they need a citizens’ assembly specifically on that issue. Is that being discussed in Mr. Quinn’s group? If so, how might young people have an input?

I ask Ms Farrell the same question. I am familiar with Longford Women’s Link and the brilliant work it does. I know the challenges arising from the pilot project and other projects on which the group does great work. We must work collectively to try to get those projects mainstreamed in a better way in order that we have an improved interface between what Longford Women's Link is doing and the political system. Women are saying to me that they want to look at the constitutional future of the island but they want to have an architecture in place. We have seen from experience the positive results of a citizens’ assembly. Is that issue being discussed by women’s groups? How does Ms Farrell see this developing in the future in terms of women’s groups across the island being involved in setting up a citizens' assembly?