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

Deputy Martin has it the wrong way around with regard to his assertion that the institutions have not been functioning. I deeply regret this and it is disgraceful we do not have institutions of government up and running more than two years on. We know the history of this. We had landed on an accommodation the DUP could not carry. I will not get into a blame game but that is what happened. I assure the Deputy that as and when there is a real window for re-establishing sustainable power-sharing and not just devolution we will grab it with both hands.

It is wrong to say that the institutions being down represents a threat to Brexit. I do not even know what that means.

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