Mary Lou McDonald
speaker
367 appearances
3 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Mary Lou McDonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But just remember...
It is the Irish state, through the Irish government, that is a party to the Good Friday Agreement.
And only the government in Dublin can actually produce a green paper, the paper that we are seeking, that sets out all of the opportunities...
all of the different areas of work that need to happen by way of preparation for the referendum.
Well, it's up to the government to produce the Green Paper, to host the Citizens' Assembly.
But then, of course, it's up to all of us to have the honest conversation with people, to explain to people how it is, in fact, affordable, to explain to people that this subvention from Britain, the cost of running the North,
that that number is often very, very overstated.
It's overstated to include things like pensions, defence spending and so on and so forth.
It's up to us to explain and set out the numbers of it, that actually this is affordable.
And not alone that, Irish Unity offers a massive economic and investment opportunity for the entire country.
Well, I think you have plenty of people who live in this jurisdiction, on this island, who draw their pension from Britain.
I think the British government would have to honour their obligations in respect of payments that have been made and contributions made to pension funds.
But people want to know things like, you know,
But by the way, just to finish the point on pensions, post-Brexit, I think the evidence was that in fact the British state did honour its obligations in that regard.
On the NHS, you're quite correct.
We need to talk about what does the health system look like nationally.
It's my personal belief that we will only in fact get healthcare right, healthcare provision right,
on an all-island basis.
We have two systems, the NHS underfunded and struggling north of the border and south of the border.
You kind of have a confused public-private mix that in some parts is excellent, but access to it is incredibly difficult.
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