Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do. My view is that, generally speaking, the United Kingdom is our nearest neighbour and so we should get on with the United Kingdom and have a good relationship with it. Thankfully, in the last 30 years we have transformed relations with the United Kingdom, which is very positive.

With regard to Deputy Ó Laoghaire's point, there is a long history with the UK and Ireland. We are good neighbours and we should maintain that good neighbourliness and co-operation across the board. When Ireland was hit with a massive cyberattack the UK Government was helpful to us, as was the Polish Government because it had experienced one just before that. We are a member of the European Union. We have politically signed up to the European Union in that regard and we should also factor that in. The legacy issues have already been raised with the US President and his team and they are well aware of our position on that.

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