Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Mapping Diversity, Negotiating Differences: Constitutional Discussions on a Shared Island: Discussion
Professor Jennifer Todd:
I will give one short answer and then Dr. McEvoy can come in. Part of what they need is routinised channels of communication so that it is not just a politician or civil servant dropping in once and then going away. We need routinised modes of communication. These informal deliberative cafes are cheap. They cost less than €1,000 so it is not expensive. Co-ordination, collation and analysis are more expensive.
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