Frances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Cusnahan and others mentioned a border poll. I do not even think about a border poll. For me, it is about planning and preparing. Everything comes down to planning, preparation, communication and these conversations. It is vital for our Government to be looking at planning. There have been a lot of academic papers on planning and preparing. Colin Harvey has done significant work on it, as has John Doyle from DCU. The conversations are happening around kitchen tables and in households and now, thankfully, it is being brought in here, to Leinster House, thanks to the Cathaoirleach, and civil society groups such as Ireland's Future, of which I am part. That is really important. It is about the conversations and it is about planning and preparing. How would the witnesses like to see our Government plan and prepare for this? That is key.