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

I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 to 19, inclusive, together.

I most recently met with Prime Minister Starmer on 3 February in Brussels in the margins of a dinner with European Union leaders that we both attended. We discussed our shared ambition to strengthen our bilateral relationship and looked forward to seeing each other at the first in a series of annual Ireland-United Kingdom summits that will take place in the United Kingdom next month. We also discussed Northern Ireland, noting that that day marked the first anniversary of the restoration of the power-sharing institutions, as well as European Union-United Kingdom relations, including in the areas of security and defence.

I also spoke with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer by phone on 27 January when he called to congratulate me on my appointment as Taoiseach. We discussed bilateral relations, Northern Ireland and our shared commitment as co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement, and international issues, in particular Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East.

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