Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I did not say it was divisive. What I said is that Ireland's Future submission referred to there being an arrogance around the Brexit debate. Specifically, what I said was that so much of this discussion is about tone. I refer in that context to stating on one hand, within a couple of paragraphs, that there was an arrogance about Brexit, while, on the other hand, a border poll is inevitable. I stated that what is inevitable is change generally and what is really important is the way in which that is done. One possible barrier to that endeavour is to set a preordained outcome as the outcome from a process. I think that is a perfectly reasonable thing to say as an elected representative and member of this committee. There is nothing divisive about it. We are entitled to have views and to express them; that is why we are here.