Richard Boyd Barrett Seeks Urgent Debate on Drumcree

00:00 Taoiseach, this day last week I stood up and asked for an urgent debate before the 00:07 situation at Garvahie Road had escalated on behalf of the residents who I'd met 00:12 the previous day in Garvahie Road about the situation in Drumcree that was 00:17 looming. That request for an urgent debate was just completely ignored and 00:22 the residents particularly asked me to ask the government about its 00:26 responsibility under the Good Friday Agreement and the British government's 00:31 responsibility to make sure communities are free from sectarian intimidation and 00:37 that was ignored and we saw the escalation last week and that is still 00:40 not resolved. The Irish government and the British government have a 00:44 responsibility to make sure that that community is not traumatized and dragged 00:49 back to the days of sectarian violence and conflict. Can we have an urgent 00:55 discussion to make sure this government and this Oireachtas discharge its 00:59 responsibility in that regard? 01:01 I want to thank the opposition for the request. So in relation to the 01:06 situation in Drumcree in the north we all understand how sensitive a time 01:10 this is. The Taoiseach has addressed it there under leaders questions looking 01:13 for a pathway forward and I think it's important that efforts involving the 01:16 Minister for Foreign Affairs, the UK Secretary of State and importantly the 01:20 communities are allowed to continue. In relation to requests for statements in 01:24 relation to CHI they will be scheduled in the next couple of weeks and 01:28 I've heard the other requests but Lhaskan Corle we have significant business to get 01:32 through this week as the budget is next week so the order of business stands.