Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Ad-Hoc Group for North-South and East-West Cooperation
Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the witnesses for the replies. I was interested in what Mr. Quinn had to say in regard to the feedback from young people and also his views on the protocol. The protocol is a conversation we could have all day. I am very interested in getting more feedback from young people and youth forums on both sides of the divide in Northern Ireland. They could teach us all a lesson or two and they could waken up some of our politicians in Northern Ireland. We need to simplify things. We need to take a step back, have a little respect for each other and learn to work with each other better. In that regard, I hope the witnesses have a fruitful future and I also hope the group gets relevant funding to broaden its wings on a North-South basis. Anything I can do in regard to helping to open that door to the shared island unit with my colleagues here, I would certainly like to do that. I again thank the witnesses for engaging today.
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