On a visit to Belfast, Taoiseach LeoVaradkar says the way the Northern Ireland Protocol was implemented was too strict and too rigid and adds he has never allowed the threat of violence to influence EU negotiators.
There is no guarantee that a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol would lead to the re-establishment of the Stormont Executive, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.Talks continue between the UK and the EU to find a resolution on the protocol.Northern Ireland's ruling executive of ministers has not met since February 2022 when Paul Givan, of the Democratic Unionist Party , resigned as first minister as part of the party's protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Speaking after his meeting with the taoiseach, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said Mr Varadkar now had "a better understanding of the difficulties that the protocol is creating for Northern Ireland". Mr Varadkar said while a protocol deal could "un-lock" the possibility of re-establishing the executive, "it's not a guarantee".
"Notwithstanding the challenges I do think there's a real window of opportunity for progress in relation to the protocol," he said.Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin carried out a series of engagements in Northern Ireland, meeting Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris at Hillsborough.
Most politicians elected to the Stormont Assembly want the protocol to remain, but some unionists say it undermines Northern Ireland's place in the UK.The UK government has argued the protocol is not working and plans to override most of the agreement if the EU does not agree to changes.
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