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

There were differences of opinion on which date we should choose, but there was no push-back against there being an extension. As 27 member states, we stand behind the extension we agreed to last week.

Nobody can say for sure what will happen in a no-deal scenario at the Border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. We will hold the United Kingdom Government to its existing commitments on the Good Friday Agreement, to ensure the free movement of people and free trade, North and South-----

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