Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Commissioner will have to forgive us as we were in this position at the time of the banking crisis when we had very little sovereignty and little to use in defending ourselves as a country and we do not want the same to happen again. As legislators, we have a responsibility to make sure every "i" is dotted and every "t" is crossed to ensure the Irish people will be protected from the European project having regard to what happened previously.

Mr. Moscovici has been quoted as saying Ireland cannot even discuss post-Brexit customs arrangements with Britain, while the European Commission states it understands Ireland's position. However, it does not seem to understand this is a divided country and that the national priority is to prevent a hard border from re-emerging to re-cement the Border. I again ask what it will do to stop Ireland from talking to Britain at that stage?