Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Engagement with Truth and Justice Movement

Mr. Raymond McCord:

I want to make a point before I reply to the question in case people watching this interpret my words in a certain sectarian way. I have no interest in religion or political parties. I do not call somebody who wants a united Ireland, or someone who has republican beliefs or certain political beliefs, my enemy. People should realise that. People saw what happened when the Minister, Deputy Coveney, came up to Belfast. I do not want people in Dublin and the Republic of Ireland thinking all Protestants and all unionists support that, because 99% of people are disgusted with it.