Mary Lou McDonald

Then answer the question.

The letters have gone out.

No.

I am aware of that. The Taoiseach is refusing to confirm how many letters issued and how many children are involved.

It is outrageous.

Last week, the Northern Assembly voted in favour of a motion to extend presidential voting rights to Irish citizens in the North. This sends a powerful democratic message that Irish citizens in the North must be allowed to vote for their first citizen, for their Uachtarán. For more than a decade, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have promised to make this happen. It has been contained in programmes for G…

In the North. We are not talking about overseas.

I am worried about the North.

It is not being sanctioned. That is why it is not paying attention.

Yes.

So sanction Israel.

Forget about statements. Sanction Israel.

I have never been silent on Palestine, Micheál Martin,-----

-----not for more than 20 years.

I have never been silent. You should sanction them.

No. Do your job.

However, the parents are left in the dark.

The Government stood shoulder to shoulder with Israel. It needs to sanction Israel.

He is making a statement of the obvious.

I am not heckling the Taoiseach.

24. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [22207/25]

I ask about Sean Brown, chairman of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones Gaelic Athletic Club in County Derry, who was ambushed, kidnapped and murdered by loyalist paramilitaries as he locked the gates of the club in May 1997. No one has ever been convicted of his killing. The British Government has failed to establish an independent public inquiry into Mr. Brown's 1997 murder despite being directed to do so by t…

May I make a point of information?

Go ahead.

Can I make my point of information, please?