Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Engagement with All-Island Bodies
10:00 am
Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the delegates. I will begin by responding to Mr. Comer. We are all singing off the same hymn sheet. This thing was imposed on us. In fulfilling our duty to form a report, we must look at every inevitable outcome. If we could write a wish list for the report setting out everything we want, it would be in accordance with everything Mr. Comer has said. I agree fully with it all. Unfortunately, there are two sides at the table when negotiations are taking place. Ireland is just one of the 27 member states on one side of the table. We will not know until Friday whether it is Theresa May who is at the other side of the table.
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