Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have one question for Ms O'Donoghue and Mr. Duffy. Are they happy with the buy-in from all communities with regard to the shared island initiative? From my own interaction with people on both sides of the Border - I live in a Border community - there has been a very warm welcome for it. Regardless of what some people might have thought of us politically in the past, as far as I can see, they embrace funding and the prospect of getting better facilities in their own immediate areas. My own unscientific analysis would be that there has been great buy-in by all communities. Maybe the witnesses could tell us if that is reflected in the communications and dialogue they have with different communities.