Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I compliment Mr. O'Neill on his work. I had the opportunity to listen to him speak in Liverpool when he made a presentation at a British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly meeting. He gave a great outline to both members of the British Parliament and ourselves on the challenges. Ms Daughen has also participated at public meetings that I organised and took place in my own constituency. The work done by Mr. O'Neill, Ms Daughen and the chamber has been very important in highlighting the importance of trade between both islands. As the chamber has rightly pointed out, and a fact that is often overlooked, that bilateral trade worth €1.2 billion takes place every week. Another fact that is overlooked is the one whereby Irish investment supports 200,000 in Britain.