Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am honoured to be vice chairman of the commemorations committee. It is encouraging to see it is so exclusive and that it has respect for every aspect of Irish political thinking which will be commemorated in the coming decade. The Minister has been very busy attending events in Northern Ireland and the UK, as I have myself and Deputy Ó Cuív, when he was on this side of the House. His name is still a byword in places in Northern Ireland which would surprise many. I am a regular visitor to the North and attended commemorations of the Battle of the Somme over the past several years. It is all about bringing people together. The peace process is a continuing process and all of these matters contribute to it.

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