Micheál Martin: “It is a concern, because we have to be very mindful of the fact that quite a significant amount of that may be windfall…”

If there's a complete pullout of Lebanon, that could lead to a deterioration of the situation from a humanitarian point of view.

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.

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.

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.