Garret Ahearn (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My next question is for Senator Black. She and Mr. O'Neill have said numerous times that we should not make this political. Senator Black has acknowledged and knows that from the steps made behind the scenes in trying to build other countries' support and the domino effect of getting support from the bottom up. I am interested in her view on whether in this country it has become political. People do try to make it political. I am always struck that in the Senator's contributions, in the Seanad and outside it, she has never, in my recollection, made it political. Has that been a conscious decision?

She is the person from the Opposition side who has probably had the most dealings with the Minister of the day. The current Minister is trying to deliver on this. Has she found him open with regard to working with it? Does she trust him and see the non-political part of it working well?