Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the efforts being made by his Department to demonstrate to our EU partners the special and unique position of Northern Ireland regarding Brexit, particularly in light of the decision by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, not to appoint the Northern Ireland Secretary of State as a permanent member of her Brexit committee. We find that rather curious. Northern Ireland has 3% of the population of the United Kingdom. My grave concern is that the Prime Minister, by her actions, is showing that Northern Ireland will be peripheral and irrelevant in Britain's discussions. It behoves us and Deputy Flanagan as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for the Republic of Ireland to advocate on Northern Ireland's behalf.

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