Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

It is a question. Moreover, as we enter this decade of centenaries that ends in 2020, which will mark the centenary of the partition Act that divided our country, would it not be appropriate for the Government to consider preparing a Green Paper on Irish unity? Again, in the spirit of what I have already indicated, this would be an appropriate contribution. I refer to planning in a systematic and structured way towards the achievement of a united Ireland, including, very especially and importantly, a dialogue with all views across the island of Ireland and, clearly critically, with those who have not held to a Nationalist or republican outlook throughout all these years. If we are to achieve the unity of the island and the unity of people to which I referred, we must embark on such an engagement. We should do so not in any weak, nervous or uncertain way, but with the certainty of what it is we hope to achieve-----

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