Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Unfortunately, what we have clearly and patently seen is a British Government that is manifestly different from the one with which Mr. Ahern dealt. It is very difficult for our State, which still believes implicitly in the values of the Good Friday Agreement and everything it created, to be dealing now with something that is fundamentally different from the situation in the past. That really does create the challenge Mr. Ahern spoke about in terms of engagement.