Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Business of Joint Committee
Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Alderdice
Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail)
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On a point of order, I do not believe anybody in Fianna Fáil has anything against citizens' assemblies proposed by Ms Gildernew but it is really important that in respect of the shared island work, we establish what the status quowith the health service North and South is because it is only when you have that information that you can sit down and decide what you want into the future. The shared island work is critical first. That preparatory work is critical. I believe that in future, the citizens' assembly will be useful in that regard - just not at the moment.