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

I spoke to the Taoiseach after the publication of the latest report of the Police Ombudsman. Having due regard for the fact that this is just the latest in a series of damning reports that shine a light on collusion, the actions of the British state, the targeting and murder of citizens by agents of the state, I said that it would be important that we have a full, comprehensive response from the Irish State and from the Irish Government. We are still awaiting that. By a response, I do not mean simply a response to a question on the floor of the Dáil. I mean a properly constructed political and diplomatic response from the Taoiseach’s Government. That should form the basis of his engagement with Boris Johnson on these matters. I accept that the Taoiseach is against the amnesty. It is our common goal to have that proposal pushed back. However, when he talks about a common way forward, there is a common, agreed framework, which is called the Stormont House Agreement. That is what I believe the Taoiseach needs to be arguing for.

Can the Taoiseach set out for us his proposed course of action on these matters? Can he also set out for us what contact he has had in respect of Acht na Gaeilge, the Irish Language Act, as well as the commissioning of abortion services? Both of these are awaited and the British Government must act on them.

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