On this day 25 years ago, the votes on the Good Friday Agreement referendum were being counted. I commend the Ceann Comhairle for organising an event this evening to mark this significant occasion. A few days ago, the North went to the polls and delivered a seismic change in the local government elections. The clear message is that Ireland has changed and is changing. The clearer message is that people want to see the Executive back up and running to deal with the issues that matter in health and housing, to deliver good jobs and to make politics work for everyone. It is now critical that the British and Irish Governments come together and focus their efforts on the immediate restoration of the Executive and the assembly. This must happen at Taoiseach and Prime Minister level. We need to see an early meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference at that level. Will the Taoiseach work to ensure that happens?

I thank the Deputy. I had a chance to meet briefly with Prime Minister Sunak in Iceland last week and we discussed this matter. We will meet again next week at the European Political Community summit in Chiinu. We will be working together to do all that we can to ensure the assembly, the Executive and the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement get up and running again. The Deputy knows as well as I do that the rules allow the two major parties, Sinn Féin and the DUP, to block that from happening. The DUP are currently the ones blocking it, but we will work together with the UK Government to do all we can to get the Executive up and running as soon as possible. I firmly agree that the message from the people of Northern Ireland is clear. They want the Executive up and running. They want the enormous problems they face on a day-to-day basis dealt with by their politicians.