Mary Lou McDonald: “Burying his head in the sand is not a plan, is not a strategy, is not wise, and is not acceptable to us.”

It's intent is very straightforward, it simply places a responsibility on Government now to move towards the production of a Green Paper that would set out all of the dynamics and dimensions of the reunification journey.

If a new Derelict Property Tax is to be successful, it is essential that revenues generated are reinvested into local communities and returned to the local government sector to support regeneration activity.

We have been making this point for a very, very long time that it is important that we are prepared, that the work is done now, and that it is at this stage irresponsible for anybody in political leadership to bury their head in the sand…

This is in everybody's interests.