Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The final point I want to make is that three or four weeks ago, Europe was talking about the legal text for the backstop, which it published and which it was going to press and basically require the UK to agree to. The UK said it would not agree to it and did not agree with the legal text, so instead of Europe forcing the issue and saying it will not move on until the UK agrees to the legal text, it put the legal text to the side and said that as part of the final agreement - not now but in October 2018 - it will agree to a legal text.