Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Sugden, Professor Shirlow, Ms Grundle, Mr. Dougherty and Mr. Moore for their contributions. I invite them to stay with us. Ms Sugden is joining us remotely and is most welcome to stay to hear the rest of the contributions if she wishes. I know she is busy, however, and may need to leave us at some stage. I thank her for her participation as part of this session.

We will move on to the next group of contributors. Mr. Ian Marshall is no stranger to this House having been with us and engaged on this topic regarding his viewpoint on the future of this island.

We are delighted to hear his view on how Northern Ireland could be within the UK. Alex Kane was writing in The Irish Times only this week that that conversation happened long before Brexit, given the referendum in Scotland but also ongoing discussions that we all have around society changing. I thank Ian Marshall for being here.

I also welcome Mr. William Graham and Mr. Andy Pollack who is no stranger to the pages of our newspapers here and has also been involved in various initiatives including the Centre for Cross-Border Studies in Armagh and has a deep insight into different perspectives.

I ask Ian Marshall to begin.