Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

What follow-up work has taken place in the three months since the visit? Aside from briefing Nancy Pelosi on the economic situation here, which must have made for a pretty depressing briefing session, what support was sought from the Irish in America to help rebuild the economy here? What specific issues were discussed? Was there any discussion of the Global Irish Network initiative? Was the issue of undocumented Irish living and working in the US raised by the Taoiseach? Many of them have built their lives there and they deserve the support of Government. Unfortunately, many more will be joining them because emigration is now a major phenomenon again.

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