Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Jones and Mr. Kelly for coming before the committee and for their very interesting contributions in their opening statements.

Mr. Jones raised some very important points in the opening part of his statement which referenced the work of Fr. Micheál McGréil. We do not emphasise this enough or maybe not sufficient attention is given to it and I am not trying to politicise the witness because he is not a political figure, but partition, if one looks at it objectively has had a very destructive impact on relationships on the island and integration that existed on the island. There is evidence for this when one looks at Fr. MacGréil's study, which came out 50 years later. Does Mr. Jones think things have improved since the 1970's in any way in terms of integration of education on the island?