Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is the best person to outdo anybody else in here when he gets the chance. I remind him that the agreement between the Irish Government and the British Government is that there be no return to a hard Border or the borders of the past, however one wants to put it. That is an agreed position between the two Governments. Now it is about making it happen. All of this is an outcome of a vote by the UK electorate.

Deputy Burton made an important point. We have the all-island sectoral discussions and the first plenary session was assisted by everybody, including most of the political parties. The second plenary will take place on 17 February. Out of that may well come a basis for talking about a specific North-South strand, as referred to by the Deputy. Our economies, North and South, are very much intertwined. The Deputy asked for details of the official who is on the Barnier committee. I do not know the name but I will supply that information to the Deputy.

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