Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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I appreciate what Mr. Mac Flynn is saying. Let us consider social welfare benefits, North and South. The old age pension is much higher in the South than in the North. There must be other areas where payments are higher in the North. I am looking at the brass tacks of change and what it might mean. A border poll will come at some stage in the future. It is in the Good Friday Agreement and we need to prepare for a border poll because it will happen at some stage. I appreciate our guests cannot take a political side but they can point out weaknesses and strengths in both economies.