Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On that point, as a committee we have met the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee of the House of Commons, and that has included unionists. As a committee, we are going to Westminster - hopefully they will still be there in a couple of weeks' time - to talk about it. That is a forum. I have spoken to unionist elected politicians in the North. They have a problem coming here. They have the same right as anybody else to come in here but they do not want to come in here. They have met us, however, and maybe it will be helpful to build up a relationship through that House of Commons committee, on which unionist MPs can and do sit. This might be one way to a circular discussion. This is something we can explore.