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

We do not control what the British Government does. We have a view. My view has always been that Northern Ireland and the UK are much better off in the customs union and the Single Market. We would like that to be the case, but demanding it does not deliver it. The best way to achieve such a result is through negotiating, which is what we have done very well over the past ten days.

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