Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 169: To ask the Taoiseach if the Irish Government is neutral on Irish unity. [1224/09]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Government is committed to work positively to help bring about Irish unity. In accordance with the will of the people, as expressed in the Constitution following the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, we will work, in harmony and friendship, to unite all the people who share the territory of the island of Ireland, in all the diversity of their identities and traditions, recognising that a united Ireland shall be brought about only by peaceful means with the consent of the majority of the people, democratically expressed, in both jurisdictions in the island. The Programme for Government reaffirms our commitment to peace and unity and sets out a number of practical policies that build on the enormous progress of recent years.