Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will end on that positive note and those positive words from Ms Sheerin, where we are all solution-focused as a committee. The message from today's meeting is to keep the lines of communication open. We are happy to do that on a quarterly basis. We can set that up with our respective teams. We have so much to do and there is so much that can still be done. We have focused on and talked about Brexit for the best part of half a decade. How much does it consume political discourse in the North and take precedence over other important issues? I am interested to hear Mr. McGrath and Ms Sheerin's perspectives on that. There are so many other issues. I do not have to tell somebody from the North how intrinsically our communities, society and economy are linked on this island. It is in all our interests to keep the lines of communication open and try to act as a solution-focused mechanism. We are happy to keep that engagement going. Over the past five years we have been getting consumed by it and the assumption is that members for the North are also consumed by it. How much has it become a focus at the expense of other important issues, such as the infrastructural issues we talked about?