Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am not trying to be alarmist. I am not in any way trying to give the Tánaiste any further headaches at a time that is particularly challenging for all of us. The Tánaiste is correct when he says that this potentially small sticker in a windscreen goes right to the heart of the issues with which we are all familiar. I have referred to the case of a lorry that crosses the Border 18 times during a single journey from Strabane to Dublin. I could have mentioned the people from Belfast who will want to take their kids to Dublin Zoo over the Easter break. Even if no one ever had to cross the Border, the very notion that in this day and age, 21 years after the Good Friday Agreement, a green card might be required to travel on this island annoys people fundamentally and at a primal level.