Dáil debates

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members]

 

3:35 pm

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----with more reports and a timely start to Ireland 2040. In other words, while talking about the problem, Fianna Fáil has put forward as a solution the outworking of the supply and confidence arrangement - the very agreement it is pretending does not exist today as it wants to be seen as an Opposition party. We are all know that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are two sides of the same coin. They did not see transport as a vital piece of the infrastructure of the State and consistently down through the years they have seen it as a outsourcing paradise and a path to privatisation. We have seen that repeatedly. The Minister would not have any difficulty with that given his own ideological disposition. Nonetheless, that has been the path that both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have chosen.

In reality, none of them are prepared for Brexit. We had an extraordinary contribution on the national airwaves from the Fianna Fáil Brexit spokesperson, Deputy Lisa Chambers, who was more concerned about raising the white flag-----

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