Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The DUP has clearly linked two issues, the Northern Ireland protocol and the restoration of the Stormont institutions. Following extensive negotiations between the EU and the UK, a new Windsor Framework has been agreed. European ministers agreed to aspects of the Windsor Framework today and the EU-UK joint committee meets later this week to advance it further. The DUP has set up an expert panel to consider the Windsor Framework further and is committed to voting against the Stormont brake in the House of Commons tomorrow evening. It is to be hoped the DUP will give its agreement to the Windsor Framework in due course, but the negotiations between the EU and the UK are over. The protocol and the restoration of the Northern Ireland institutions, at the end of the day, are separate issues. What extra measures can the Tánaiste take or what can he do to get the institutions up and running as we prepare to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement?

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