Ms Noelle O'Connell:

Just as a follow-on to that, what is interesting is normally we see the 18-24 demographic and the 55 plus always being the most pro-Europe but now we are seeing a widening demographic in what I would have termed in previous appearances before the committee "the squeezed middle". That used to be, when we were talking about it previously, the 35 to 54 age bracket. That is seeping downwards into the 20s now. This year's poll has been particularly interesting and I would encourage the members to download the full deck from Amárach to delve a little bit further into some of the findings. Ms Hayes's point on the gender and the "don't knows" is really well made.

Obviously, the margin of error is around 2.8% or 2.6%, but the fact there are high percentages of "don't knows" in the responses to so many of the questions reinforces the importance of continually engaging, debating, discussing and interrogating all aspects of our relationship with the EU. We cannot afford to be complacent, notwithstanding the very high 84% support.