Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Ms Liz O'Donnell
Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein)
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Has Ms O'Donnell given any thought to where that debate could or should reside going forward? Given her experience of the negotiations, does she have any view on the matter? From our perspective, we said that this would happen as part of a decade of opportunity around constitutional change. We have outlined the 2020 to 2030 period as a key opportunity. Certainly we have advocated for and championed the issue of a citizens' assembly, although not in isolation. Other people have suggested it is work of the shared island unit, a hybrid of all of the above and more. Does Ms O'Donnell have any views? The debate is live. It is happening, not among everyone, but it is there-----