Mr. Mickey Brady:

I thank Mr. Bruton for his long and very detailed presentation. I have a few questions. As an architect of the Good Friday Agreement, what rights set out in it did he promote and advocate? Have they been implemented? As we know, the purpose of this committee is the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. Several strands and facets of it have not yet been implemented.

My second question seeks Mr. Bruton's opinion. He stated a few times today that he believes a border poll would be destabilising and divisive. Does he believe the partition of this island continues to be destabilising and divisive?

We have met several successive British Secretaries of State in the past few years. None of them has been able to give us a definitive answer on the criteria that might be used in the event of a border poll being called. In the Good Friday Agreement, the specific figure mentioned is 50% plus one, with which Mr. Bruton appears to disagree. Does he have a figure in mind that might placate unionists, in particular, in the event of a border poll?