Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Ms Ruth Taillon:

On how people are feeling, one of the points that we really need to make here is how much we welcome the Taoiseach's initiative on civic dialogue and the fact that that was a North-South dialogue, and make the plea, which I think has already been made in a few different places, that some sort of structure like that can be allowed to continue. We are especially feeling it now where, with the whole Brexit debate moving on, there is no channel for people in the North on either side of the debate to make their voices heard. If that North-South dialogue can be maintained over the next few years, that would be very important and welcome.