Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach did not answer the question about why he changed the composition to exclude Oireachtas Members and members of the Northern Assembly. We will now not have anyone from the Six Counties, either a citizen delegate or political representative. He also did not give any clarity about the unfinished business of the Constitutional Convention and the series of recommendations it made. Neither did he show any interest in explaining what happened if the Government, for whatever reason, decided not to go with a recommendation. People deserve an explanation of why that was the case.

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