Ms Aingeal O?Donoghue:

There is no separation. The shared island initiative is underpinned by the Good Friday Agreement. When the Taoiseach launched it, a key part of how he contextualised it was by explaining that we have not fully maximised the benefits and the potential of the Good Friday Agreement. This is very much part of what we do. A big part of it is looking at the strands of the Good Friday Agreement. The North-South strand is an area where much of our work is focused. It is also focused on the reconciliation and building of understanding dimensions of the Good Friday Agreement. From our point of view, this is what we are doing. It is about the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and all of the potential that is in it. I operate under the programme for Government as a civil servant on the shared island unit and initiative. There are sensitivities in both directions. There are other communities in Northern Ireland that have asked me why it is not the shared islands unit. Shared island captures the idea that we are together on one island with one set of opportunities and one set of shared challenges, and that we need to work together to address them.