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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: I am going to make a request for information before we finish. I wish all the witnesses a happy Christmas, and I hope Mr. Carville, who said that he has a chest infection, recovers. I thank him for coming here today despite that. From the figure at 2.1 which breaks down NAMA's loans we can see the total borrower debt, the NAMA payment for loans, which is the amount that NAMA got. The...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: I assume there is no difficulty with that.

European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: We have consistently said that if the Government acts in the national interest, which means protecting all of the people of Ireland, then Sinn Féin will support it. We will be strong supporters of any Government which ensures that we get the best possible deal for Ireland in what are very complex negotiations on Brexit. Our position has always been clear: we want to avoid any hardening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: I welcome the European Commissioner and wish him well for his stay and his travels. First, will the European Commissioner explain how, in his area of responsibility, he will be able to protect citizens who live in the North in a post-Brexit scenario where the North will be taken out of the European Union against the wishes of the people who live there? If there is Brexit and the North is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Communications (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: Not the good ones.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: That was how the electorate voted.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: The Tánaiste has not answered the question about the difference between full alignment and the customs union.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: This has not been negotiated.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: 26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has a guarantee that Northern Ireland will stay in the customs union and Single Market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53242/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: I commend the Minister on his appointment as Tánaiste. It is very important we get clarity and certainty for businesses, farmers and citizens across the island of Ireland with respect to what will happen in Brexit negotiations. The only way we can provide certainty to businesses, farmers and others that there will be no hardening of the Border is if the North stays in the customs union...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: Again, the Minister has not answered the question so I will keep putting it until the Tánaiste or Taoiseach answers it. It is a fundamental matter, central to protecting the interests of the people of Ireland. The Minister spoke of full alignment, which we acknowledge as progress. The qualification that comes with full alignment is that it is only on the basis of alignment with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: If the Tánaiste does not understand the difference between full alignment and the North staying in the customs union and Single Market, cracks are beginning to appear. I will ask him again.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: Is it the position of the Irish Government that the North will stay-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: Well he should answer the question he was asked the first time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: I will not be spooked at all by that response. We have consistently said we will support the Irish Government when it takes the right approach. It is entirely responsible of me to put questions to the Tánaiste. It is entirely responsible of me to tease out what full alignment means-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: -----and the Tánaiste has not done that. I have asked him if it is the position of the Irish Government that the North will stay in the customs union and Single Market. When we look at the detail of what full alignment means in the context of the all-island economy, it is not as clear as we would like. We want the entire island to stay in the customs union and Single Market.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: I am not being irresponsible; I am being responsible in putting questions to the Tánaiste. I did not use the term "a gentleman's agreement". That was used by people in the European Commission. Until everything is agreed and there is a final agreement, which would be a legal agreement, there will still be hard negotiations to be had and much politics must be done. We have said we will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: We were told of a special solution for Ireland.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (13 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: Is it a special solution?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Implementation Bodies (12 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the areas of North-South co-operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52685/17]