Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na finnéithe as ucht freastal ar an gcruinniú. I will start by asking Professor Ó hÓgartaigh about the inclusion of higher and further education in the scope of the North-South Ministerial Council’s work. Everyone on the committee agrees with that, and given recent developments in Northern Ireland, I am sure there will be an increase on the part of the Irish Government to seek it, but what will be its practical benefit and what would Professor Ó hÓgartaigh like to see as the consequence of its inclusion?