Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree but those are things that need to happen at a macro level. There needs to be engagement between Government, including with Stormont and Stormont needs to be in place. In the meantime, how can we actively engage? I am thinking about the need to engage more with unionism. We have been in places like Ballymurphy and Springhill. We do not have massive engagement from unionists. Unionist MPs are as welcome here as anybody else but we do not get engagement. Having a balance here is a big problem. Is there an opportunity for this committee to engage with the witnesses, maybe to visit areas of a unionist nature? As other speakers said, this is about complementing the work of the shared island initiative. The work of the shared island initiative is really important and those 62 pieces of research are the necessary planning that is being undertaken by this Government. The Government is the only body that is planning and engaging with unionists but how can we complement that? How can we recreate the trust that was there in the Good Friday Agreement and among the politicians of that day? As that trust has broken down, how can we help to try to rebuild that trust on the ground? Maybe this is not a matter for today; maybe it is something we need to go away and think about.