Mr. Tim Attwood:

I will take that first. Obviously there has been a moment of significant political change with Brexit. From the Peace Summit Partnership's point of view these conversations are right, but the need is for inclusivity and debate and discussion based on mutual respect because we all share this island. There is change afoot and it is about how we do that in a way that engages people in an inclusive way. I am thankful for the comments about the John and Pat Hume Foundation. We have done work on building common ground and a shared home place. We try to use language that encourages people to have a conversation about relationships in the North, on the island and between the islands in a positive way. I think we are all conscious of the change that would bring.

It is important we engage in that in a comprehensive way. Everybody has their various roles. The Peace Summit Partnership is focused on practical issues of reconciliation. Maybe it was not there originally and in some of the earlier iterations, but we welcome peace and reconciliation being in the programme for government in the North. We have talked about it as a foundation stone. There is a graphic in some of the consultation which refers to peace and reconciliation as the foundation stone. It is important there is leadership shown. We will be making a submission on 4 November in Stormont. It will be a comprehensive report on how we can go further. We talked about cross-cutting. This is cross-cutting and cross-jurisdictional. How do we all work together to ensure we achieve the stuff my colleagues have mentioned? Too often it is left to the Executive Office, the reconciliation fund, the shared island fund or the International Fund for Ireland. This is a collective responsibility. For example, shared space is not just a responsibility of the Executive, but of the Department for Infrastructure. It is about investment and tackling social need, as Ms Weir spoke about. Areas like the Falls and Shankill, the peace lines and many other parts I have been have had some of the greatest problems with sectarian divisions and need investment. The Department for the Economy has a responsibility in relation to peace and reconciliation. It needs that cross-cutting, shared responsibility.

It is the same for the island. The work of the shared island fund and the reconciliation fund in the last while has been really important, especially in an environment where funding has been a challenge for many community organisations. Reconciliation has stepped in when there have been difficulties to support vital organisations. Ms Weir may have stepped down. She has not retired from her current position but she knows every January there is a 90-day notice for people involved in community work and peace work. If we did not have those independent peacemakers, where would the North have been over the last 50 years, and where would it be today at times of conflict and difficulty? There is a shared responsibility on all of us to have a collective response that is based on mutual respect and understanding.