Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is my position that I would like to see the United Kingdom staying in the European Union but it will not happen because it has made a decision to leave. In the context of Britain leaving the European Union, I would like to see a decision made that would allow Britain to stay in the customs union and Single Market but it is ultimately a decision for them. We cannot instruct the British Government, regardless of what Sinn Féin says, to do anything.

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