Citizens assembly needed to overhaul housing and health, Sinn Féin warns

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald TD, who says she 'cannot grasp' why the government is not working on an Irish National Health Service. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A citizens assembly to look at overhauling housing and healthcare in a united Ireland is urgently required, the Sinn Féin president has said.

Mary Lou McDonald has said work must also begin on an Irish National Health Service and she "cannot grasp" why the Government is not focusing on this.