Northern Ireland
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-07
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I thank the Deputies. Deputy Tóibín asked about King Charles's speech in Westminster today. I have not had a chance to read it but I do know the UK Government is working very hard on securing agreement from the DUP to return to government in Northern Ireland to deal with many of the issues that need to be dealt with and that have been mentioned by Deputies, ranging from flooding to the environment and to the health service. We remain in close contact with the UK Government on this and also with the five main political parties. Some progress has been made in the past few weeks and we have had a few false starts as well so let us see how it goes.

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