Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Obviously, I congratulated Michelle O'Neill. I look forward to the meeting with Prime Minister May next week. Given the imminence of both the legislation in the House of Commons and the moving of Article 50, we will concentrate on a number of issues that are relevant to Ireland, such as our relationship with Northern Ireland, our relationship with the United Kingdom and the issues that have been mentioned already, including the Border and the common travel area. We need to discuss a number of matters relating to those areas, so I might not get around to having detailed discussions about the cultural or legacy issues of the Good Friday Agreement that have not been dealt with. Clearly, we will refer to this in our capacity as the co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement and it is within that structure that we will have those discussions. However, there are also questions regarding what type of situation will apply following the moving of Article 50 and the eventual withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Single Market. Other elements will have to be taken into account in that regard in terms of trading relationships. We look forward to that engagement. We will see how it goes.

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