Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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It also creates the potential for a competitive advantage in an internal UK sense for the North of Ireland. If the North of Ireland remained ruled from London to a certain extent but within the EU, its access to the EU would obviously be enhanced vis-à-visits competitor regions in the rest of Britain. Have the groups given any thought to the idea of sectoral customs unions? Turkey is within the customs union, and I understand Norway has a customs union in respect of certain products. Has the group considered whether Britain would stay inside the customs union in certain sectors and how that could be beneficial on an all-Ireland basis?