Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan, met the Secretary of State, Mr. Brokenshire, yesterday. The Minister has been absolutely clear in his stance on this. We do not want to see any diminution of the Good Friday Agreement or its successor agreements. We stand as co-guarantor in terms of full implementation of those agreements and the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, has articulated this on many occasions. What Deputy Adams refers to as special status means, I believe, from his perspective, that Northern Ireland remains in the European Union while Northern Ireland as a member of the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. These two things are not compatible.

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