Emer Currie (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Lord Empey, who is a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly committee A alongside me. I have enjoyed getting to know him and working with him on our reports. I want to bring him back to the negotiations. My other questions concern the present. Regarding the North-South strand and Lord Empey's remarks on Monday about the executive function, I am familiar with Sunningdale and the Council of Ireland architecture in the 1970s. Can he tell me more about the reaction to the initial proposal? We have ended up with a certain amount of co-operation but not a significant amount. The reaction to that is a good starting point.