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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No, it's up to the government to provide the forums, officially the democratic forums and processes, using all of the agencies of the state to set out all of the salient facts, to set out all of the challenges, but the opportunities as well.
Are they not doing that, though, with the sheriff?
No, they're not.
They absolutely are not.
And as a matter of fact, we actually launched a very detailed paper on all island health care some months back.
But no, the government aren't doing that.
They are doing some good work through the shared island unit.
And that is good.
All work that aims to build relationships and networks and investment is good work, Clare, don't get me wrong.
But it's not enough.
And here's the issue.
good government has to be prepared for either jeopardies, challenges and opportunities.
And the Irish government and the Irish state has to be prepared for all of the above.
This referendum could get called much earlier than the Dublin government might anticipate.
And the only question that will be
is whether or not we are prepared.
The referendums will happen at some point.
So the extant question is, will we have good order?
Will we have made our preparations or not?
And I am for having a prepared, informed, democratic debate at that point.
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