Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald says her party’s proposed unity bill is a “political test” for the Irish government. According to coverage from Belfast Telegraph and BreakingNews.ie, McDonald is bringing legislation to the Dáil that would require the Taoiseach to prepare and publish a Green Paper on Irish unity. The bill would set out a formal process for how Irish unity could be approached and would make the publication of such a policy document part of the government’s obligations under the measure. Both reports frame McDonald’s comments as linking the proposed bill to the broader political question of how the state responds to Irish unity, with the “test” referring to whether the government engages with and delivers on the requirement to produce the Green Paper. The reporting does not provide details of government response or timelines beyond the proposal to introduce the bill and require the Taoiseach’s publication of the Green Paper.