Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have definitely met with them twice personally and I would have met some representatives of the British Government as well and this is one of the issues we discussed. I-SEM was the key priority issue discussed with Mr. Richard Harrington MP at both of those meetings. I met with my then Northern Ireland counterpart on this as well and I met with a number of companies operating in Northern Ireland and here. There is a lot of personal engagement and there is considerable ongoing engagement between my officials and British officials in Whitehall on this issue. There is also engagement between my officials and the other 26 member states and this would be an issue that I would have discussed with colleagues as well.

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