Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 7 October 2022

Seanad Public Consultation Committee

Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland - Public Policy, Economic Opportunities and Challenges: Discussion

Photo of Frances BlackFrances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am sitting here thinking it is wonderful to have so many academics speaking about this today and so many who are working on this issue. I want to pay tribute to the late author of the ARINS paper on policing, Dr. Vicky Conway, who recently passed. I want to pay credit to her. She was a phenomenal human being and it is such a shame that she is not here with us today.

Professor John Doyle mentioned the importance of voters being informed on what they are voting for. What does he think the Government and the Oireachtas can do to support that aim?

It was inspiring and welcome that 16- and 17-year-olds were able to vote on Scottish independence in the referendum. What are Professor Oran Doyle's thoughts on that? Could that be implemented in a border poll scenario? Those are my two questions.

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