Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted that the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol has been 'too strict' and he accepts that it has created difficulties
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has said that he is hopeful that an agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol can be reached between the EU and UK that will allow power sharing to be restored.
“Unlocking that is a requirement that we come to an agreement on the protocol and those discussions are now underway between the European Commission and the UK Government. “I am totally of the view that we can work together to make changes that are necessary, that can get back to a very low number of checks.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland today she said the situation was “all the more bizarre because I have lost count of the numbers of meetings that I’ve done with Secretaries of State and indeed with British Prime Ministers.” “There are many factors which go into the thought process. One, to be quite frank, is that the UK Government is negotiating with the European Union,” Heaton-Harris said.
The DUP is continuing to block the sitting of the Assembly and the establishment of an Executive over the Protocol, and say they will do so until they are satisfied with an agreement. Protocol issues Earlier this morning, Martin and Heaton-Harris had a meeting which was described as “very good” by the Tánaiste.
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