Cabinet Committees
Dail Éireann — 2022-10-18
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

We have nationalised water, unlike the UK. We are in a far different situation here. I would argue the propaganda sound bite does not work in the comparison Deputy Barry made.
I happen to agree with some of what Deputy Ó Murchú said. We can modify and make changes.
Over time, people are becoming more comfortable with some aspects of how we monitor trade. If the EU gets the data, there is a lot more we can do to ease people's concerns. The bottom line is to get into talks. If we can get a talks process going between the European Union and the United Kingdom, these issues can be resolved. People have raised legitimate issues. All of the other parties accept there are issues to be raised around the protocol. Their attitude is, correctly, that it should go to the members of the Assembly while resolving them. The DUP has a different view. In my view, these matters can be resolved and we should work to resolve them.

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Sitting date: 2022-10-18