Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, the Deputy can be so assured and take it that I will be seeking the support of everybody in this House in the national interest and the interests of the people. I am sure everybody will support the Deputy's call. I would like to set out our range of priorities, of which the President-elect will be informed in good time before his administration is appointed. They obviously include US support for the peace process which it has given since before the Good Friday Agreement and our continuous request that the United States deal in a substantial way with the 50,000 undocumented young Irish men and women. There are other issues that we will set out, too. The Deputy can rest assured that, as far as the Government is concerned, we will start very early to acquaint the new US administration with and inform it of our priorities, on which we will follow through as diligently as we can. The Government will keep the party leaders informed of progress.

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