Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have a general question on the ongoing discussions with the Government of the United Kingdom. There is a certain frisson of difficulty between the European Union and the UK Government right now. Is this particular matter - and other justice-related matters - being pursued bilaterally by the Department with the Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom right now? Is it the Minister of State's expectation that other issues that are transpiring, even an acceleration of trade difficulties, for example, would not impact on his expectation that these matters would be advanced in the timeframe that he has set out?