Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Ryan is correct. An arbitration process for disputes would be required. Neither the collective European Union nor Ireland, as a member state, has got any indication as to what the UK's intention is with respect to the courts and a court system. It is important to note that all member states agreed the rules, so to speak, or the laws that the European courts, in a general sense, subsequently interpret. It is not that the courts dictate to member states remotely. The courts enforce laws and treaties that have been agreed by member states. Deputy Ryan's question goes to the core of why we need to wait to see what proposals the UK will have to unpick itself from more than four decades of agreements. To be blunt and to answer the Deputy's question, at its most basic, no, we have not received any indication from the UK of the answer to that particular question at this point.

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