Deputy Eamon Ó Cuív:

About ten years ago there was a major effort to get all-Ireland arrangements on animal and plant health, rather than treating the North as part of Britain which, whatever one's political leanings, does not make sense from the point of view of geography and bio-security. It was proposed that there be one common regime for animal and plant health for the island, because it was the only chance we had to secure the sea border. Is that still on the agenda? Given that devolution is now happening in many places, could Ireland be recognised as one unit for the purposes of animal and plant health and welfare?