Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government could be more explicit in what it is saying regarding a forum on this matter and in terms of its exact position.

Since the vote, the Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, has dismissed the democratic rights and mandate of the people of the North who voted to remain. Her first priority has largely been England's national interests, and the people of the North will always be a poor second. Will the Minister agree that, following the referendum, the Secretary of State has no legitimate claim to represent the best interests of the people in the North or to represent them in negotiations, and that her position is untenable?

In addition, is the Minister concerned that Michael Gove, on the basis of comments he has stood over about the Good Friday Agreement being a capitulation and his statement that the SAS and British Army undercover units should have been allowed to continue with shoot-to-kill policies in the North, represents a threat or potential damage to British-Irish relations and the status of the Good Friday Agreement?

See this speech in context