Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would commend Twitter to him as well as a means of communication with the masses.

There is no ambiguity in Sinn Féin's attitude to the European Union. We are quite rightly critical of a two tier Europe. I asked the Taoiseach to intervene in very plain words and very direct language and he said - he can correct me if I am wrong - that he is against an offer of this scale. That is not good enough. Everybody here knows that the agrifood industry is one of Ireland's big success stories. We also know that the rural way of life is under continuous threat from urbanisation and bad Government policy. We all agree that Brexit presents a huge difficulty so to even contemplate proceeding at this time, before the conclusion of the Brexit negotiations is foolhardy. The Taoiseach cannot take this deal in isolation. The Taoiseach spoke about ambiguity but his own track record in terms of the Canada, the EU trade agreement and the New Zealand free trade agreement is a matter of grave concern. I am asking the Taoiseach to defend our agrifood industry. I said that there is an urgent need for him to intervene, not to just use soft words or ambiguous statements. He needs to say "No" to the European Commission and "Yes" to Irish farmers, farming families and to our agrifood producers.

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