Mr. John Finucane:

I have been a little slow because there was something that I wanted to come back in on with Mr. Quinn. I am familiar with Mr. Quinn's work. He does excellent work and I was glad to see him before the committee today.

One point we may consider is that Mr. Quinn referenced the live survey he and his group was conducting. It would be very interesting when the survey is completed - I can follow-up with Mr. Quinn after this meeting to see exactly when that is due to be completed - to see the representative nature of that survey. I was quite interested in some of the feedback with the figures and the topics that Mr. Quinn referenced in one of his earlier answers. I do not need to frame that as a question, given that Mr. Quinn is not here, but that is something that I can follow-up on.

I thank Ms Farrell, Dr. Ní Lochlainn and Dr. Soares. I cannot remember who referenced this earlier. We rightly have a lot of focus on trade and the politics as to where we are at this moment in time but it is important to particularly offer our youth and our women's network, and the environment as well, the ear of this committee. Given the nature and the composition of this committee, it is important that we hear those voices. I would welcome that.

I have one fairly specific question. There has been some reference to PEACE PLUS funding.

I would be interested to know whether any of the groups the witnesses are involved with or that they represent benefit are due to benefit from this next phase of the PEACE PLUS funding? Is there a concern, given the political climate and the refusal of unionists to attend meetings of the North-South Ministerial Council, that the funding and the vital work that it facilities would be under threat?