Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The last three questions with which the Minister has dealt are obviously similar. Mine refers to the comments of the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland that it will be impossible for the North to remain within the customs union if the rest of the UK is outside it. As with Deputy Shortall and others, I am trying to get a sense of whether there is a plan if the worst happens. Can the Minister set out the Government's view of the comments of the Secretary of State, Mr. James Brokenshire, and state how significant they are?

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