Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 14 October 2022

Seanad Public Consultation Committee

Other Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Unionist Community

Photo of Emer CurrieEmer Currie (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have not spoken about this in detail and we were more concerned about getting as many people with as many different views into the room. I would like a framework in my head of how much work is involved in this, with all the issues that need to be interrogated, together with all the options of what it could look like. We have had people who talked about a unitary state, federalism, confederalism or switching sovereignty. We have looked at many different options and there is a great deal to consider. People also raise issues that we have not thought about that will need to be thought about. I said last week that if someone thinks that Brexit is complicated, this process will have nothing on Brexit. I would like to have an overview of what is involved, on how to conduct engagement, and to see what it looks like. That is where I am coming from.

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