Commenting on the 2021 Census results, TUV leader Jim Allister said:-
“The fact that the Catholic population in Northern Ireland has flourished presents a telling contrast with the near extinction of the Protestant population in the Republic.
“Those who make a read across from the Catholic population to support for Irish unity demonstrate for them just how sectarian that project is.
“The rise in the number of people identifying as Catholics has been going on for decades and yet the nationalist vote in this year’s Assembly election is almost identical to that in the first Assembly election in 1998.
“The Union is a union with benefits for all, ranging from free medical care to financial wherewithal when it comes to Covid or energy crisis assistance.”