Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What we are doing is working out a plan with the European Commission, because it involves both the European Commission and the Irish Government, to try to ensure that we fulfil our dual responsibilities as co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement and as a committed member of the European Union and its Single Market and customs union. That is a complex challenge, and we always said it would be.

We always said also that it would involve difficult conversations with the European Commission. They are happening now-----

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