Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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94. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met or spoken to any EU leader recently regarding Brexit . [43813/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Ongoing political engagement with our EU and international partners is crucial, especially as negotiations on Brexit proceed.

I continue to use every opportunity to ensure that other Member States and the EU institutions fully understand our particular concerns arising from Brexit, to enable the best possible outcome for this country. Of course, other Ministers - particularly Minister Coveney, who has special responsibility for Brexit - are also meeting with their EU counterparts on a regular basis.

I outlined my recent engagements to the House on 4 October. Since then I have spoken by phone with President of the European Council Tusk on 12 October and Prime Minister May on 16 October.

I will of course attend the European Council in Brussels later this week, where I will use the opportunity to speak with my EU counterparts. I will make a post-Council statement to the House on 25 October.