Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We all acknowledge that the biggest threat to the economy at this time is Brexit and its consequences. Will the Taoiseach tell us what consideration, detailed or otherwise, was given to the proposition that the North be accorded a special designated status within the European Union? It might be useful to understand the thought processes and procedures which the Government went through in this regard.

It is not enough for the Taoiseach to join the British Prime Minister in these meaningless soundbites - just stuff and nonsense - about a seamless and friction-free Border. He said it again today when he said there would be no return to the borders of the past. That is absolute nonsense.

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