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

I thank Ms O'Donnell for a lively descriptive account. It is as though we were actually in those rooms with her, whatever different papers we might have had or were thinking of saying. That is an important and incisive analysis of the situation now. I commend her on that.

The format here is relaxed. We rotate between the political parties and give 15 minutes to each, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin, the Social Democratic and Labour Party, SDLP, Alliance, the Green Party, Sinn Féin, Labour, Independents and Aontú. It is conversational, not adversarial. She will be glad to hear that, although well able to handle adversarial questions too.