Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I was not inviting the Minister rather I was asking him to comment on a deadline set by the Tánaiste to have the assembly up and running in July. Is that still a realistic perspective? The Minister spoke of fault lines. Those fault lines are weakening. The voting trends in the North in the local and European elections, and similar votes here last Friday, suggest a demand by voters on this island for politicians to take responsibility for and action on a large number of issues. Brexit is one of those but there are many other issues, about which I have spoken. Faults lines must be challenged and dismantled. The Tánaiste injected urgency into this process at the beginning by saying let us have the assembly back up and running at the beginning of July. Is the Government still working to that target, or are the words spoken by Fr. McGill at Lyra McKee's funeral going to be put on the shelf again? Will that impassioned plea be heard or a response to it be delayed?

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