Galway West TD Mairéad Farrell and Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald have announced that the party’s Commission on the Future of Ireland will host a Gaeltacht Peoples’ Assembly in An Crompán in An Cheathrú Rua on Monday, November 27.
The Commission extends an open invitation to all citizens and sections of society and the Irish diaspora to submit their views, concerns and aspirations, via participation in the People’s Assemblies or through the online submissions portal which has been developed.
The aim of the Commission is to widen democratic participation and to serve as a model of grassroots consultation.
There will also be Women’s Assemblies, Youth Assemblies and Assemblies in other Gaeltacht areas.
Sinn Féin has argued that the Irish government should organise a Citizen’s Assembly where all these matters and others around Irish Unity can be discussed.
The event on November 27 will be as Gaeilge and will discuss and debate Irish Unity and how it affects the Connemara Gaeltacht from a range of perspectives.
Sinn Féin has successfully organised nine previous People’s Assemblies in Belfast, Donegal, Dublin, Derry, Waterford and Louth and the upcoming event will be the first in the West of Ireland.
Both submissions to the Commission on the Future of Ireland which will be published when the series of meetings have been concluded and submissions to the Gaeltacht People’s Assembly can be made online now at www.sinnfein.ie/futureofireland.
Registration is also now open for those wishing to attend. You can register to attend the event by clicking the link here.
