Seanad debates

Tuesday, 1 May 2018

2:30 pm

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----as well as the need to promote vibrant, sustainable rural economies, innovation, entrepreneurship and technology. We both know that agriculture, North and South, will be the most challenged sector during and after the Brexit process. Threats of customs checks and tariffs, combined with a cut in the CAP budget, mean it is vital that we all work together. The perfect storm that has been created by the combination of Brexit and CAP reform next year means we do not have the luxury of sitting back on our Irish republican or unionist laurels. Those who question why Sinn Féin supported a unionist candidate in the Seanad election need to wake up and get with the programme. Our vision is for an inclusive Ireland and a new and united Ireland in which it is okay to be British, Irish, both or neither. That is the Ireland we want to build for the future.

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