Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The deadline for finalising the withdrawal agreement has always been October. We expect to see substantial and real progress on the text in June. If that does not happen, we will have to question at that point whether it is going to be possible to come to an agreement at all. We have been very clear on that, as has the EU.

On Deputy Boyd Barrett's question, the Government is of course very concerned about the violence in Israel and Palestine. We condemn the shooting of unarmed civilians by the Israeli Defence Forces - let there be no doubt about that. Of course we also oppose violent protests and any illegal border incursions.

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