Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One of our deficits here is that it is very rare that we get people such as Dr. Mitchell coming here. By this I mean people with a Protestant background who are articulating issues and their views on the future. Perhaps Dr. Mitchell could help us with other groups we could invite. We do not have much time left with the election coming up but it is very important. The big negative is there is no engagement from political unionism with the committee and this is what we need. We will not have a future unless we go forward together. This is my view. We can hang out all the colours we like, and all of the policies we think might work, but it is a difficulty if we cannot get them to engage because things will not change unless we do. We cannot force it on them either. We have to get consent.