Micheál Martin: “The Government doesn’t run FIFA.”

We don't do more harm to Europe than to the aggressor.

We need to be economically competitive in order to sustain the European way of life.

Because of this solidarity, the impact of that decision has been reduced. Thankfully we have avoided many of the worst impacts seen by the UK itself which the British people themselves increasingly recognise.

For us, it would be for the Commission, in my view, to potentially commission that type of independent assessment as well.