Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Adams circles the issue on every occasion. The question of a hard or soft Brexit is one I discussed with the British Prime Minister the night before she made her speech at Lancaster House. I indicated to her that irrespective of how that presentation might be made, if it was the case that Britain would withdraw from the Single Market and customs union, whatever construction put on that would be deemed as a hard Brexit. Deputy Adams agrees with that. Prior to that we had agreed to maintain the common travel area and that there should be no return to a hard Border. What do I mean by a hard Border? It means customs posts on every road. Nobody wants the return of what was there along with those in the form of military installations. Neither does the British Prime Minister want that. The negotiations will take place in respect of the customs union or whatever. We will have to negotiate hard and creatively to comply with the agreement we have with the British Government in this regard.

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