Emer Currie (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will not overwhelm the witnesses with questions. Could Dr. McGuinness elaborate on what he said about the peace dividend? How much of a peace dividend has there been? On the subvention and trying to pick into the subvention, I have read lots about how it is not €15 billion and about removing parts of it like the defence spending. When it comes to the debt, is there a risk that it could be said that as the debt was spent on behalf of the citizens, that debt comes with it? I think that is €1.6 billion. Has any work been done on the costs of amalgamating systems? The costs we are looking at are the as-you-are costs rather than the amalgamated costs. How do we address issues like minimum wage if there are two different levels of productivity? This makes Brexit look like a walk in the park when it comes to planning and preparing.

Professor O'Leary mentioned two systems, integration and the continuation of a devolved system. Has a federal confederation been considered? I promise I will buy his book.