Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government has already signalled its willingness to be constructive in working with the UK and our EU partners and institutions to try to facilitate a fair and balanced outcome to both sets of negotiations.

Since coming to office some weeks ago I have met my UK ministerial counterparts in the areas of trade and the Single Market and competitiveness, Lord Price and Baroness Neville-Rolfe, respectively. A senior delegation of trade and Single Market officials from my Department will meet their counterparts on Friday in London to review developments.

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