Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 December 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams
Mr. Gerry Adams:
There were a number of witnesses and there are imperfections and I said in my opening remarks that it is not a perfect agreement. What it does do and I think we can both agree on this is that where a mechanism did not exist previously, where the two Governments had not signed up previously, there is now such a mechanism. What we argue for, and I know that Ms Hanna's party leader and she is arguing for, is for these issues to be discussed and debated and then for a referendum to be called because obviously we want the referendum that will agree to end the union and that is best accomplished. We do not want a repeat of the Brexit debacle. We want-----
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