Written answers

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Department of An Taoiseach

Northern Ireland Issues

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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146. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, regarding the recent bombing in the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11111/15]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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147. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, in February 2015, regarding the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11112/15]

Photo of Enda KennyEnda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 147 together.

I met with Prime Minister Cameron on the margins of the EU Council on 12 February but we did not have the opportunity at that time to discuss any Northern Ireland related matters.

In relation to the recent bombing in the North, I assume the Deputy is referring to the pipe-bomb explosion in Crossmaglen on 26 February which seriously injured Francis McCabe as he tried to remove a booby-trapped poster from a lamppost. In the Dáil on 3 March I condemned unreservedly the attempt to murder Mr McCabe.

Minister Flanagan is in regular contact with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Teresa Villiers and spoke most recently to her regarding the Stormont House Agreement and Northern Ireland related issues on 19 March. Minister Flanagan also met with Secretary of State Villiers on 11 February in Dublin and reviewed  progress made at the first implementation and review meeting of the Stormont House Agreement in Belfast on 30 January.

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