Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

In some ways this is a resumption of the conversation or discussion that took place yesterday. One could not call it a debate. I am not a lawyer but I was surprised by an element in the judgment handed down by the British Supreme Court. It basically said that the devolved governments and assemblies do not have to be consulted in the matter of Brexit. That is particularly significant for the island of Ireland and, obviously, for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will presumably reconvene and elect a Government after the election, although that is not yet certain. To refer to some of the discussion yesterday, as the representative and leader of the Irish Government and its co-guarantor role in the peace process, has the Taoiseach had an opportunity to be briefed on the legal decision made by the British Supreme Court, particularly as regards the implications of the latter part of the judgment for the Executive in Northern Ireland and the other devolved governments?

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