Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-10-26
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Matt Shanahan (IND), Waterford

There is much to admire in the shared island initiative as it gingerly tries to figure out how we can all live on this island together. Given the demographic destiny that is beating like a Lambeg drum now, it might prove to have been a little too slow and too careful in getting the well-meaning enhanced co-operation, connection and mutual understanding in place before events take over. Citing personal experience of the undisciplined carnage of the UK's Brexit process, the Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, Mr. Steve Baker, suggested that major constitutional upheavals like Brexit, Scottish independence, or a Border poll should require a so-called super-majority. I ask the Tánaiste for his view on this.

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Sitting date: 2023-10-26