Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure Deputy Smith that there is no back door process or secret arrangement under way. Any discussions of an important nature will take place in the course of due process. There will be an adequate consultation process. There is a timeframe, as mentioned by the Deputy, within which all of the arrangements can be managed if there is the will on the part of everybody involved.

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