Micheál Martin: “I do think that that’s an issue that has to be discussed and dealt with.”

It is a concern, because we have to be very mindful of the fact that quite a significant amount of that may be windfall, may be once off and may not be there forever.

I do have an understanding of how political agreements come about, and they don’t come about by saying it’s our way or the highway or no-one’s way.

We are focused on reducing income tax, the cost of childcare and the cost of disability while at the same time safeguarding our future by investing in our Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund.

But I think the more important issue is - and to a certain respect some of the studies we’ve done in the Shared Island Unit have revealed - the differences, the divergences that have occurred in 100 years.