Mr. Nick Henderson:

On public communication, we would put our hands up and say there is always room for doing more. In our experience contact matters. Two people having a conversation can change perceptions and stereotypes. Over the past year, the Black Lives Matter movement has come to the fore. We should recognise that racism exists in Ireland. This has to be acknowledged and dealt with.

In terms of trying to give a score it is very hard to do but I suppose I would give a four. Some people are given some support. What we sometimes hear from Government representatives is that we are not like Italy or Greece. Our response to this is that they are dealing with different scenarios and different numbers of people. We also say we should judge ourselves on our own history, experience and standards, for example cherishing all children of the State. We are demonstrably not doing that at present and this is a problem.