Speeches by Hanna.

“Matthew O’Toole spoke about potential sequencing. He talked about not boiling the ocean, in effect, but getting to some short, sharp reforms to give confidence that the institutions will return after May, before moving on. Would you support that logic, and what do you think should be prioritised?”

“Eóin, you said in response to Robin that the last election was seismic, and it rightly was. Your party doubled its seats. What were its priorities going into the Programme for Government negotiations, and was reform among them?”

“You said that your party is pro-reform. I just want to establish—”

“Your party and you sitting there today have talked about how your party has championed reform—”

“In print and available online, you have talked about how your party framed itself as the party and champions of reform. Every single other party, including, yes, the Ulster Unionists, the Traditional Unionist Voice and independent Unionists, have supported specific elements of reform in this calendar year. There is a c…”

“In print and available online, you have talked about how your party framed itself as the party and champions of reform. Every single other party, including, yes, the Ulster Unionists, the Traditional Unionist Voice and independent Unionists, have supported specific elements of reform in this calendar year. There is a c…”

“You said that your party is pro-reform. I just want to establish—”

“I did not correct myself. Listen, you can dance on the head of a pin if you want, and you can run the clock down—I accept that you are not interested. As others have said, you opposed the Good Friday agreement and now you are opposing any changes to it, except the ones you have said. If there is to be a process—you do …”

“I did not correct myself. Listen, you can dance on the head of a pin if you want, and you can run the clock down—I accept that you are not interested. As others have said, you opposed the Good Friday agreement and now you are opposing any changes to it, except the ones you have said. If there is to be a process—you do …”

“Eóin, you said in response to Robin that the last election was seismic, and it rightly was. Your party doubled its seats. What were its priorities going into the Programme for Government negotiations, and was reform among them?”

“I, too, wish to pay tribute to Jo Cox and her family, and to the commitment in her name that we tackle division and extremism. We saw extremism play out on the streets of Belfast last week—a pogrom where families were burned out based on the colour of their skin; health workers were stopped and asked for ID by masked t…”

“And the TUV, who have not been known to be soft in terms of the interests of the Union.”

“I would like to hear the views of the questions that I have asked you, rather than the questions you would like to answer.”

“I suppose that the most high-profile use of a petition, which will resonate most with people, was on the issue of equal marriage for people from the LGBT community. Consensus was demonstrated, but it was not to the taste of the DUP, and it was repeatedly blocked. I think that is how people understand the use of that me…”

“I do not think we have heard how the Assembly existing, or synchronising the titles would injure one community. We have heard views on how reform can and cannot progress. You rightly said that your party has championed reform. Matthew O’Toole set out that for years very substantial reforms, including to mandatory coali…”

“I would like to hear the views of the questions that I have asked you, rather than the questions you would like to answer.”

“Your headline proposal is, if an eligible party refuses to nominate for First or Deputy First Minister, to move to the next largest party. I think we share an aspiration to get beyond designation and its salience in the institutions. Would that be to the next largest party in general, and what protections do you envisa…”

“On that point, I know the SDLP hosted a roundtable with civil society organisations, being clear that most of the asks they would bring to parties for their manifestos would likely not be delivered because of Stormont failures. We are ready for a process convened by the Governments, but if that does not happen, would y…”

“Your party and you sitting there today have talked about how your party has championed reform—”

“You are talking about things that happened, but you have not answered the question. How would equalising the titles or the Assembly returning injure any one community? It is a very straightforward question.”