Estimates for Public Services 2020
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-07
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

I do not dispute, nor does anybody else, that the three relationships the Taoiseach set out are absolutely key. That is at the core of the Good Friday Agreement. That matter is settled. Neither do I believe that anything I have said is partisan. It is a clear enunciation of my long-held and well-known beliefs. Far from excluding the other tradition, we supported Ian Marshall when he entered the Seanad and I voted for him as a Seanadóir, even though he clearly does not share my political perspective. It is, in fact, the Taoiseach and the Government that have failed to include a critical voice in the Oireachtas. They lost that opportunity and that is a great pity.
The Taoiseach did not really answer my questions so I will write to him and perhaps we will correspond on the matter. There needs to be-----

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Sitting date: 2020-07-07