Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes, and I am looking forward to that. John O’Dowd and I met last year in the hope the assembly would come back. We discussed a number of infrastructural projects but it was a very short meeting. We talked about the return of the North-South Ministerial Council and our sectoral ministerial meetings. I had a very good relationship with his predecessor, Nichola Mallon, and I look forward to restoring it. We have urgent work to do on the all-island strategic rail review and a range of other projects. I am looking forward to developing that working relationship.