Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is sitting beside the Tánaiste. He could have indicated that date in an aside.

On an issue for which the Tánaiste does have responsibility, on Tuesday in the Dáil, the Taoiseach said he would be looking to try to reassure the UK Government that the backstop and the accompanying customs arrangement would not trap them into that customs arrangement forever and a day and said they would be looking for some mechanism to avoid that. Can the Tánaiste confirm whether he believes that would be through any change to the withdrawal agreement, a codicil to it or in the political declaration in which the Irish Government, through the European negotiators, is looking to try to give that reassurance? Can he assure this House regarding from where that reassurance for the British Government may come?

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