Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 November 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach
Mr. Eoghan Duffy:
I thank Mr. Molloy for his comments and perspectives. The Good Friday Agreement, its implementation and the realisation of its potential is, as Ms O'Donoghue said, at the core of everything we are doing. We are bringing civic society together and bringing together various discussions to see how we can move forward on elements of the Good Friday Agreement that have not delivered or been realised as much as they could have been over the past 23 years. We are commissioning research in these areas. Teacher education is an area where there has been long-standing work. There is recognition that there is potential to do more in education on the island. We are also working with Departments throughout the system to see what is required to do more through the framework of the Good Friday Agreement, with regard to its implementation and realising the full potential of elements in all three strands. It is central to how we are working. We are working with colleagues in other Departments, including the Department of Foreign Affairs. As Ms O'Donoghue said, the reconciliation dimension is at the core of all of this.
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