Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The special relationship between Ireland, Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, the North of Ireland and all of that is taken as one. As an island nation on the periphery of Europe, we will have a major problem when our neighbours are outside the European Union. We have more to lose than any other country. Has the Taoiseach confidence in the European institutions to be able to deliver a result from the negotiations that will reflect Ireland's position or benefit Ireland?

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