John McGahon (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a great way to describe it. It is not a golden thing on a hill that we should observe and leave it at that. It is a tool kit that we can use to move forward in the modern era. That is very astute.

Mr. Durkan mentioned the Executive. There was an election in May but five or six months later, there is still no functioning Executive. While we know the reasons behind that, it must be incredibly disheartening for the average person on the street of any town in Northern Ireland that having voted in an election, there is still not a functioning Executive. In Mr. Durkan's view, and let us be blunt about it, is the DUP withholding from this Executive to try to push a second election in which it may do better? Does he think an Executive will be formed before the deadline in October or does he think the North is looking to a second election?