asked the Minister for External Affairs if he will indicate the questions of importance which have arisen between our Government and the Government of Great Britain whose solution has been made more difficult by the existence of Partition.
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Mr. O'Reilly
Although a long list could be given, I do not think it desirable that I should cite any specific case in which a problem affecting the relations between Ireland and Britain has been made more difficult of solution by the existence of Partition.
It must be fairly obvious that, whenever there is any suggestion of an arrangement or agreement between the two Governments, the question of the area of its application on each side inevitably arises and that, so long as Britain claims control over a portion of our territory and population, this fact, that is, the fact of Partition, must continue to act as a bar to the solution of difficulties and to the establishment of cordial relations between the two countries.