![]() He said once the grace period ends, these extra thousands of checks, which he said is going to drive up the cost of food and as 98% of Northern Ireland's medicines and medical devices come from Britain, "it's going to cause havoc with their health service. Mr Poots said these vets do not exist, "we can't train vets in less than five years". If the Northern Ireland Protocol is to be implemented and "rigorously implemented as some people desire", there will be 15,000 checks per week and 600 people are required to do this, including 200 vets, he added. "So what is Europe going to do? Are they going to starve the people of Northern Ireland? Are they going to deny them medicine because the protocol is not implementable," he said. Mr Poots said it is impossible for the Northern Ireland Executive to deliver the protocol as it is demanded and questioned if Europe is "going to starve the people of Northern Ireland and deny them of medicines" because the protocol cannot be implemented. He called on Irish politicians "to step up to the plate, recognise that there's an issue, recognise that some of them played a very significant part in creating that issue and seek to identify a solution to it". UK considers using force majeure over NI protocol Please review their details and accept them to load the content. We need your consent to load this rte-player content We use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. He said he wants good relations with his neighbours in Ireland and they need to fix the problem that exists. Mr Poots also said: "North-South relationships have never been as bad and I said that as a unionist who doesn't want that to be the situation." He said as responsible politicians "we need to step up to the plate and remove the things that cause discord and dissent". He said: "Northern Ireland is a great wee country and we want to get on with each other, but there's a volatility that exists there and if we allow these things to fester, we are creating the circumstances where that volatility might manifest itself in a way that none of us want to see." Mr Poots said he is concerned that tensions could rise further on the issue of the Protocol. He said Ireland is a co-guarantor of the Belfast Agreement and the Protocol damages the agreement. I need help from the UK Government, from the European Union and indeed a bit of common sense coming from the Irish Government that things have went far too far, they've done real damage and they need to draw back from the position they've adopted." "As a Unionist leader, I want to defuse that situation. Mr Poots said: "We have seen riots on our streets, we saw community tensions rise as a consequence of this, we want to defuse that. He said the EU has said it wanted to help Northern Ireland but now that "Northern Ireland has been removed from the union as a result of Brexit", it is not really suitable for the EU "to be harming the people of Northern Ireland who it has sought to help". Speaking to RTÉ News, Mr Poots said he does not mean there should be flexibilities and mitigations "as flexibilities and mitigations don't cut it".Įdwin Poots, the newly elected leader of the DUP, has said that the Northern Ireland Protocol is "hugely damaging" and needs to be removed | /SpFWU7p1Nf He urged the Irish Government to use "common sense" and draw back from the position they have adopted. Incoming DUP leader Edwin Poots has said the Northern Ireland Protocol needs to be removed as it's "hugely damaging to all of the people of Northern Ireland".
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