Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Taoiseach for his comprehensive reply. In pursuit of the objectives of the shared island initiative, I would ask that the situation might be utilised to promote the benefits to the people in Northern Ireland and all sectors there and to promote the benefits of the shared island initiative to the people in the South because there is a great possibility of a gain for everybody, both North and South, for all the interests in Northern Ireland, and for the interests of the joint approach in terms of trade, inter-trade, and trade in the European Union and in the wider Continent of Europe.

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