Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Senators Feighan and Gallagher raised the issue of Brexit. When the British Government triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, the House should have a rolling debate about Brexit because it is the most significant event in the history of the State. We will face nothing as serious as this. The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly completed its most recent plenary earlier. The House was presented by Senators Paul Coghlan, Wilson, Landy, Feighan, Noone, Boyhan, Horkan and myself. We have a team to represent the House in discussions with members of the British, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Guernsey parliaments. I am delighted Ms Arlene Foster has not agreed to set up another body to represent-----