Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is now two months since the Windsor framework was agreed. There has been an opportunity for the different parties to review the agreement and to have questions answered.

While some people might have had Good Friday or maybe the US presidential visit as target dates, they have come and gone. It is reasonable to allow people time to consult and clarify, but sooner or later a decision on this must be arrived at so things can move on and an Executive can be established. Is there an identifiable pathway, or what milestones does the Tánaiste see along the route to allow us to get back and establish an Executive? What of the right of the people of Northern Ireland to have a functioning Executive and their expectations about having their elected representatives fulfilling their roles? The right of a nationalist First Minister also seems to be denied in the absence of an Executive. I ask the Tánaiste to outline the milestones he sees ahead.

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