Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I spoke to the First Minister last week by telephone. I also spoke to the Deputy First Minister, the First Minister of the Scottish Parliament and to the British Prime Minister, who had engagements at the European Council with many Leaders. This is unprecedented in the sense of a decision like this not having been made before. People said that it was inconceivable that Britain would leave the European Union; now they know. People said many other things about politics that might not happen. In that sense, one can never dictate the outcome of referenda. What we did agree at the North-South Ministerial Council yesterday was a ten-point plan to follow through on the engagements that are going on. I had no intention of setting up a statutory authority that would run for a period of years.

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