Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

The Windsor Framework and Related Matters: Discussion

10:00 am

Photo of Seán HaugheySeán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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We did our bit, with the various ministers, civil society groups and so forth. Obviously, the main objective was no hard border on the island of Ireland and that has been achieved. We engaged many times with Maroš Šefovi. He was ecstatic at the last meeting we had with him when the Windsor Framework was agreed. He was very happy that a good day's work had been done. It is also fair to say that the then Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, was there for the negotiation of the Windsor Framework. He was an improvement on his predecessor, and there is no need for the witnesses to comment on that.