Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Engagement with Representatives from the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation

Ms Róisín McGlone:

I refer back to the debacle that was the Civic Forum for Northern Ireland. I was a member of that forum. For me, it comes down to the success or failure of these types of large projects. Bringing in representatives of civic society comes down to how it is serviced, mediated and facilitated. I will not make any comment on the civic forum, but it was a very large experiment in bringing civic society together and people have their views one way or the other. I agree with Ms McNamee. My expertise lies in how one creates the safe space and how one facilitates that dialogue without alienating people but making people feel comfortable. That is what Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation is about as well. I believe that part is critical. If one is asking from the committee's perspective, that is the critical part of it.

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