Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I support the proposal of the Chairman that submissions be made to the Seanad select committee. I am a member of it and that is why I had to leave. We are dealing with Brexit today in the Seanad. If the delegates are making a submission, we are looking for solutions and precedents. If there is a hard border and a hard Brexit, will Northern Ireland continue within the European Economic Area, EEA, or the EEA minus certain provisions, such as financial passporting, in order that it will not have an advantage over regions of the United Kingdom? Making submissions and identifying the problems but also identifying the potential solutions to arguments we could make in regard to environmental laws or environmental protection issues concerning the island would be very helpful.