Ms Émer Deane:

I will answer on the dialogue and ask Mr. Duffy to pick up on the research points. The aim is absolutely to bring dialogue to a new level. The Taoiseach announced the new shared home place initiative, which will be launched this year. That is precisely to bring the conversation around the island regarding how each part of this island contributes to the whole of the island and has all these different strands that feed into making our communities the rich home places they are for all of us.

This is to bring that dialogue to every county on the island. We will work through heritage officers, the Heritage Council, libraries, museums and community groups. We will look at natural heritage, built heritage, communities, lives and livelihoods. It is to make people realise the connection between the local and the island as a whole. We hope this will be transformational in widening out the conversation and the civic dialogue. The Taoiseach will be announcing it in November. We expect the programme to go live in 2026.