Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make two initial points. I have asked consistently for the North to be discussed regularly in this House and I want to return to that point. Second, all of these arrangements are open to review and they are reviewed regularly. I think that is the trigger for this.

The invitation to a forum or whatever sort of dialogue we want across the island should be very open. It should include those who have totally different views from those here and include those want to stay as well as those who want to leave and so on.

We also need to recognise that partition and partitionism affects all of us. I have no problem admitting it affects me.

It affects the leaders of the Fianna Fáil and Labour parties and it affects the Taoiseach.

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