Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 November 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach

Mr. Eoghan Duffy:

I will add two points to Ms Hanna's suggestion around getting as broad and as deep a base of suggestions and contributions. Doing it online is not something that we have specifically thought about but it is a really interesting idea and it is something we would be interested to explore. It might work best after we have had an initial stage of contributions where we have themes and areas where people can more broadly contribute. We will keep it in mind.

On Dr. Farry's point of looking at links beyond merely economic ones, there is a lot of work planned in this, including people links, be they sporting, civic, social, community and so on. The Taoiseach has said that a key objective for the initiative in overall terms is to support in every way and see all those thing grow. Looking at some mapping at the start would be a good way to contribute and grow from there.