Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Regarding EU law, we have a bit of latitude in this country as to what laws we can make. Unless there was some serious impediment - unless Ursula von der Leyen turns up and says "No, stop", and I would be surprised if she did - that is surely one area about which we are going to have to do something. It is bonkers to think that this could happen. The Department is working under strictures and the law that is given to it. I understand that. There will be a number of lessons from this and that one that jumped out straight away at me. I was really surprised by that.