I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together.
In regard to Question No. 1, I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 4 of the 22nd July last. As regards Question No. 2, the position in general is still the same as set out in a reply given by me to a similar question (No. 1) on the 8th February, 1968.
In view of the continuing changes in the situation concerning the North, I would be prepared to consider the setting up of an all-party committee on the Constitution on the understanding that there would be commitment to the conclusions of such a committee. I would envisage that the task of the committee would be to undertake preparatory work which would set a basis for negotiating a Constitution suitable for a united Ireland as part of an overall negotiation to achieve a united Ireland.