Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-10
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I undertake to do that. I am conscious that the Minster for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, is introducing the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020 tomorrow. I believe he has had consultation with party spokespeople across the House and has secured a good degree of consensus and constructive engagement on that Bill, which is crucial for preparedness on Ireland's behalf. I spoke with the President of the European Commission over the weekend in relation to ongoing contacts between the European Union side and the UK side. We had an interesting meeting of the British-Irish Council on Friday and again the Brexit issue was discussed at length. It was interesting that a number of administrations on the British-Irish Council, from the Scottish Government across to the islands and the Welsh Government had very negative attitudes to the internal market Bill and they made that very clear to the Secretary of State, Michael Gove. The level playing field, fisheries and a governance mechanism are still the outstanding issues and progress still has to be made on those three.

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Sitting date: 2020-11-10