Dr. Joanne McEvoy:

I thank the Senator for the question. We have done a great deal of work with some women's groups, in particular in Monaghan. They were calling for exactly that, namely, some increased engagement, some inclusion and these kinds of small-scale deliberative events. That brings us back to the question of the infrastructure required to set up those sessions. In discussions with those groups, they focused on women's rights, gender issues, healthcare and so on, but they also wanted to see ways in which they can discuss and deliberate with others across the two jurisdictions, but also to feed into policy. That is the key takeaway from our work with them; they want ways in which they can seek to influence policy and have policy speak back and inform on their potential recommendations. That then becomes a conversation between grassroots and policy and represents increased interaction. Professor Todd may have something to add.