Mr. Carlos Martínez Mongay:

On Brexit, allow me to repeat that Brexit is still under negotiation. The negotiations are ongoing. There is a chief negotiator and the chief negotiator is the only person who should speak on the state of play of the negotiations. For this reason, I will not comment on the state of play in the negotiations. What I can do is point out to the Deputy that my personal interpretation of the progress made so far is that the issue of the Irish Border has been at the centre of the preoccupations of the Commission. As a matter of fact, the issue was included in the first phase of the negotiation together with the issues of the budget and citizens' rights. The Commission is putting Ireland at the front of its preoccupations and this is shared by all the member states.