Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I hope it will be possible to put together an Executive out of the Assembly elections whose leaders will come together in the way former First Minister and deputy First Minister, Ms Foster and Mr. McGuinness, did, after some difficulties, at least to point in the same direction and have a certain set of objectives for Northern Ireland. We do not have any of that now. I hope the Deputy can confirm he will work assiduously with whatever is the result of the Northern Ireland election to have an Assembly and Executive that will quickly work together to present agreed objectives and a plan for Northern Ireland's future beyond Brexit. That is where we need to be.

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