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

As the Deputy knows, the Taoiseach will meet the new leader of the DUP this evening. We hope that a meeting of the British-Irish Council will go ahead as planned on Friday. We all look forward to the election of a new First Minister. I look forward to engaging with the new First Minister and the deputy First Minister once they are appointed.

I agree with the Deputy's remarks. The Good Friday Agreement is not something that one can opt in or out of. It was agreed not just by the political parties, but by the sovereign governments and was voted for in referendums - 97% in this jurisdiction and more than 70% in Northern Ireland. Any democrat on this island who is elected to office has an obligation and responsibility to take part in those institutions and ensure that they work.

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