Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I did not interrupt Deputy Martin.

It is entirely different matter than in the nascent Free State when the Dáil was finding its feet. They are different scenarios. We could debate that all day. The core issue on which we can agree is the necessity to get the institutions of government back up and running. To that end for the Taoiseach's benefit, I want to make it very clear that we again stand ready to do the lift that is required to make that happen. As the Taoiseach will know, because he travelled north at the time, in February I thought we had it. I thought we had a sufficiency of consensus to move forward. Nobody was more disappointed than I when that did not happen.

I invite the Taoiseach to elaborate on how he sees the pathway forward and the resolution of the outstanding issues.

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