Mr. Kevin Raftery:

To introduce myself quickly, my name is Kevin. This environment is alien to me. I am really out of place. I live at ground level. I use public transport and claim benefits. I live in social housing, and I can tell the committee a few tales about that. In my submission, I submitted a framework, like a skeleton frame where the meat needs to be packed on the bones. I hope that is what I did.

My father was third generation County Roscommon and my mother was an English Protestant, so I understand the unionist perspective. As far as the EU is concerned, I do not think the Irish people should be railroaded into the European Union. There needs to be some kind of vote on that. I think it is unfair. There is a lot of feeling out there at ground level that people are being railroaded, whether it be the EU or anything else. This process has to be people-led. That is my point, really. I hope the questions are not too difficult. I cannot do the three-tiered questions, by the way. I will only be able to do one.