Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I did not see any press at the meeting I was at. Reports are one thing but I was very clear that my first interest is Ireland's interests, namely, the protection of the common travel area, the peace process, the open Border we have with Northern Ireland and the future of Northern Ireland citizens. I stated earlier that when I attended the British-Irish Council in Glasgow, the First Minister of Scotland, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, made clear that if the vote was to leave, she would like that mentioned. I am not representing Scotland and I do not want to interfere in any of the processes. However, in the sense of meeting leaders of assemblies or governments, it is important that we talk about these things. I reject completely that it is not our first interest and priority to state at every meeting, as I do constantly, that Ireland's interests are the common travel area, our trade links with the United Kingdom, the peace process, the open Border with Northern Ireland and our continued and developing interest in the interests of Northern Ireland and its people.