Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I ask Deputy Micheál Martin to rethink his refusal to participate in the United Ireland conference to be held in Cork. He has no problem sharing a platform with the DUP. Whether he likes it, he needs to understand there are many thousands of citizens in the North who are represented by Sinn Féin. He also has no problem engaging with the anti-Brexit party. Confusingly, his Senators have talked about the dangers presented by Brexit and said we must do something about same. If their party leader will not engage seriously in proper indepth discussions to find ways to protect the whole island and demand special status for the North, they should not speak out of both sides of their mouths. I encourage Deputy Micheál Martin to participate in talks because we know that the discussion of the possibility of a united Ireland and the possibilities for the island as a whole-----