Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

He is putting off the long day. The Irish Government will continue to support Northern Ireland, as it has done. That will amount to approximately €0.5 billion over the next number of years. The British Prime Minister, in the discussions he conducted with both the First Minister and deputy First Minister, because this is a matter of devolved responsibility, said he was giving them extra capacity to have access to spending power of almost €1 billion.

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