Ms Orla O'Connor:

I agree. It is about looking at multiple ways of doing this. I agree in terms of it being government-led. We have the shared island unit but the question is what comes from that. There are lots of initiatives being supported now but it is not necessarily feeding into a particular place in terms of who is responsible for taking actions out of it. It is very good on information sharing and learning but the issue is where it goes to from there. That is a critical piece. I could not agree more with what Ms Murphy said about the structural barriers. That is key and one of the most important things that can come out of this committee. We need to be really clear about what those structural barriers to participation are.

I know it was mentioned in terms of the citizens' assembly. It is a way of having a government-led process as well but it is one piece. However, the assemblies have served us well by giving dedicated space for the citizens to come together and to get into an issue in depth.

Regarding safe spaces, we have spoken about paramilitarism. Our members have also talked about safe spaces in the context of bias, racism and discrimination. We need to look at that when we are talking about safe spaces. Safety means lots of different things to people, so when we are creating those spaces we need to be clear about what that means. We are at a particular moment, North and South, when we are seeing a rise in racism and discrimination and that is important to put into this.