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

It is very welcome that a congressional delegation led by Speaker Pelosi will visit Ireland for a two-day tour. I note Speaker Pelosi's remarks setting out clearly that there will be no trade arrangement with Britain in the event that the Good Friday Agreement is in any way damaged or undermined. That is most welcome. I note that members of the Committee on Ways and Means of the US House of Representatives will form part of the congressional delegation and that Congressman Richie Neal will also be in Ireland. Those are all very positive things. I acknowledge the role of the United States of America in so many facets of Irish life, in keeping faith with Ireland and in being an innovator in the peace process by internationalising the issue of Ireland. Irish Americans across the board have been most effective and, indeed, some on the delegation that will visit Ireland were instrumental in those events. Did the Taoiseach raise with President Trump the issues of Palestine, the relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem and the other interventions by President Trump?

What is happening in Palestine is profoundly worrying. It is incumbent on us to raise these issues. Did they form the basis of any of the Taoiseach's conversations?

I wish to mention the 50,000 undocumented Irish citizens in the US. They live in a state of fear and worry. This is a complex issue and does not concern just the Irish, but we need to find an arrangement for them. Will the Taoiseach expand on this matter?

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