Ms Niamh Mallaghan:

I will try to keep this brief; I have just a few points to make. Many great questions were raised and I will not be able to address them all unfortunately. The first thing that comes to mind is how we keep young people in our country, which was mentioned. We raised issues such as the government, the lack of services such as transport, stuff like that, that are already a barrier for young people wanting to stay here. The one thing I would like to mention, which is a bit left-field, is brain drain. As someone studying for a master's degree in physics, I have been told that if I want to stay in the North of Ireland, there are loads of jobs in finance. I do not want to do finance; I have done a degree in physics. I find that a real barrier to me wanting to stay. There needs to be a broadening of the job market in the North of Ireland. I am not as familiar with the market in the South.

On segregation in schools, I went to a Catholic primary school and secondary school. I do not see why it needed to be Catholic. I had to do religion as an GCSE but that did not help me in society. What really helped me was joining organisations such as the Northern Ireland Youth Forum where I met a broad range of people. As a Catholic person from a unionist or Protestant area, it was nice to be in an environment where it did not matter whether I was Catholic or Protestant. When I went to university, I felt for many people it was less segregated but at the same time there is a bit of controversy. The speakers from the North will probably know what I am on about regarding a certain society within Queen's University Belfast. I will not mention the society because I do not want to call it names. The society was making things more difficult for a certain side of the community based on what society members were preaching about at the freshers' fair, of all things.

In terms of a united Ireland, I agree there needs to be a plan, if anything. Brexit was horrific because everyone was just voting "Yes" or "No". There was not a plan in place. I personally would love to be part of a united Ireland. However, I would not just vote on that based on whether I would like it or not. I would like to see what a united Ireland would look like and how would it affect the North and things like healthcare. As already mentioned, we get free healthcare in the North. The NHS is in no way functioning as it should be. I got a QR code in the post asking me if I still wanted a tonsillectomy, which baffled me after being two years on the waiting list. Those are the things that are important to me. Will I still have free healthcare? What will healthcare look like? What will the civil service look like? Will we need two civil services? It relates to all those kinds of things.