Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The question I tabled is now probably dated. I Iistened to the Minister's earlier response to Deputy Brendan Smith's question when he said the talks had entered an intensive stage. There was concern about the lack of engagement. As the Minister knows, there is a crisis in the political institutions in the North which is being facilitated by the failure of the British Government to honour commitments made in previous agreements, the failure of the Unionist political leadership, particularly to face up to loyalist violence, and the British Government's refusal to provide the North with a workable budget. Given the fact that this impacts on the Good Friday Agreement and other agreements, has the Minister discussed this aspect with his British counterparts and urged them to live up to their commitments and provide the North with a workable and sustainable budget?

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