Mr. Niall Murphy:

Other participants included Denzil McDaniel, the former editor of the Impartial Reporterin Fermanagh based in Enniskillen, Reverend Karen Sethuraman, a Baptist minister from east Belfast, Glenn Bradley, a former British soldier from the Shankill Road, and Trevor Lunn MLA, formerly of the Alliance Party. This was a significant event as it gave evidence of an ever-widening range of people who are contributing to the conversation about Ireland's Future. New voices are speaking up. They are from all backgrounds and they are asking questions and joining us in the conversation about the future of Ireland. We are delighted and proud that Trevor Lunn MLA has since formally joined the research and publication sub-committee of Ireland's Future. Indeed, last week Reverend Sethuraman also formally joined Ireland's Future. I am so privileged and proud that people of such talent have joined our organisation. Obviously, the committee will be familiar with their contributions have heard their evidence recently.

Ireland's Future appeals to everyone, but particularly to the Government in Dublin, to listen attentively to this conversation and to begin planning and preparing for constitutional change. We accept that we have taken a public position on this sensitive topic and to do so, we feel that we have to put our indepth thoughts and analysis on the record.

Insofar as that is concerned, we have conducted our own research, are in the process of conducting more research and have produced literature by way of publications setting out the deliberate steps that require to be taken to effect constitutional change in a responsible, legal fashion consistent with the Good Friday Agreement. I have attached with the literature to this opening statement our three published research documents to date: Principled Framework for Change, published in November last, which was followed up by Advancing the Conversation, The Way Forward, in January 2021, and, most recently, Planning for a Strong Economy in a New Ireland, which was published on 25 March. All such publications were also joined with an in-depth conversation in our own webcast.

Chair, might I inquire as to whether Laura Harmon been able to join us. I know that Ms Harmon had some technical difficulties there.