Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Has the Government had any interaction with eBay? There is talk about the possibility of 1,000 job cuts worldwide. We are aware that 900 people are employed here in Ireland so it is a worry for a huge number of people.

We have spoken many times about the shared island unit. All of us welcome the capital projects, in particular. I refer to the Narrow Water Bridge project in my constituency. We know that more groups are now aware of these and availing of them. I agree with Deputy Smith that as with all funding streams, a piece of work needs to be done around those groups who might not have the capacity to be able to deliver upon this.

What has been the Taoiseach's interaction with the DUP and others? Hopefully we are coming to a point where they will bring themselves in from the cold and we can have an Executive up and running.

With regard to the shared island dialogue, the Taoiseach will not be shocked to know that I would believe into the future we need to find the means for dialogue on the possibilities of Irish unity. That piece of planning still needs to be done by this Government.

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