Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have tabled a similar question, No. 24. I support Deputy Penrose in that respect. My question was to ask the Minister if we have contact with the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland around this issue. Swanlinbar in County Cavan is part of my constituency. It is in the same parish as Kinawley across the Border. There is such a movement of people and business: everything that happens crosses the Border. It is just like two townlands beside each other in any part of rural Ireland. There needs to be an emphasis placed by those on both sides of the Border on working with the authorities on both sides to come up with solutions for the people who live in these areas because they are all our people.

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