Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

At my meeting with the Secretary of State we agreed that, irrespective of the result or of any utterances that may have taken place in the course of the campaign by any political leader or otherwise, the Good Friday Agreement remains the foundation stone for the two Governments' approach to Northern Ireland. The result of the referendum does not in any way diminish the importance, centrality or legal basis of the Good Friday Agreement or the requirement on the part of both the British Government and the Irish Government to at all times uphold the letter and spirit of the Good Friday Agreement. I was there in my capacity as co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement and succeeding agreements and I wish to impress upon the House that the Irish Government is determined that the institutions, the principles, the letter, the spirit and the values of the Good Friday Agreement remain central to our approach to any negotiations with our EU partners on the future of the island of Ireland.

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