Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

That was the agreement we reached in the discussions. The view was that if we were to invite MLAs, we would have a very large committee. The MPs will be invited on a cross-community basis but the idea is that we would not invite 50 or 60 MLAs into a committee of 15 to 20 Members. That is not what the House wanted so membership is restricted to MPs. However, the parliamentary forum will have so many members from the Oireachtas and so many from the Assembly.

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