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

It has to be there. It has to be legally operative. It cannot have an expiry date and cannot be cancelled by one side unilaterally. That is the position we have had persistently all the way through. We should always bear in mind the objective, namely, the avoidance of the emergence of a hard border on our island. That is the objective. Whether it is a double backstop, a backstop to a backstop or a hybrid backstop is not the point. The point is having a legally binding guarantee that a hard border would not emerge between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

I know Deputy McDonald is hostile to the review clause. I just do not agree with that position.

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