Rose Conway-Walsh backs academic grassroots constitutional work
Rose Conway-Walsh commended academic-led constitutional deliberations carried out by DCU, Aberdeen University and UCD and urged the Shared Island Unit to use that research to underpin its work on women and the constitution. She praised the grassroots process and named researchers Shelley Dean, Joanne McEvoy and Jennifer Todd.
Praise for academic work
Rose Conway-Walsh recognised the constitutional deliberations led by DCU, Aberdeen University and UCD as important academic contributions. She specifically referenced the work of Shelley Dean, Joanne McEvoy and Jennifer Todd as underpinning the grassroots engagement.
Grassroots locations cited
The speaker said the deliberations had taken place in Mayo, Bilahi, Longford, Cougstown and Monaghan, highlighting widespread local participation in the constitutional discussions.
Appeal to the Shared Island Unit
Rose Conway-Walsh welcomed the Shared Island Unit's work on women and the constitution and asked that the unit use the academic findings to underpin its activity, arguing that doing so would lend credibility to the unit's work.
Other comments in the exchange
A deputy noted that there is commissioned research under way with ESRI on economic matters and underlined that the Shared Island initiative has been kept outside the constitutional question to secure buy-in across communities. The exchange closed with a warning not to undermine a positive initiative and a note that time had run out.
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I want to commend the work of DCU, Aberdeen University and UCD on the constitutional deliberations from grassroots that has been done by Shelley Dean, Joanne McEvoy and Jennifer Todd. The reason I raise it today, this work has been done in Mayo, in Bilahi, in Longford, in Cougstown and Monaghan. The Shared Island Unit, I very much welcome, are doing work on women and the constitution and I would ask that they use this academic work to underpin what they're going to do because I believe that the credibility of the work that they're doing then will really carry forward. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrow. Deputy Conway Walsh, there is commissioned research going on with ESRI on the economic stuff. The Shared Island is outside of the constitutional issue and will remain so to try and get the buy-in of all communities without prejudice. That's been one of the reasons why it has buy-in across the board within all communities and traditions. Yeah but I mean we don't want to undermine it and kill what's a good initiative as well. We're out of time.
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