Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On that point, Mr. O'Connor, the biggest difficulty the committee has is engaging with that other tradition, the unionist tradition. The fact is that of the 18 Members of Parliament elected in the North, ten of them attend our meetings, but the eight who do not are the people we need to talk to most. It is to engage in a manner with which they are comfortable or to find a formula with which they are comfortable and do not feel under threat. We want to share the island with them.