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Any significant changes to legislation linked to a joint UK/Irish framework on the Troubles must have the full agreement of both governments, Ireland’s Foreign Affairs minister has said.Helen McEntee’s comments came after UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer indicated there may be new protections for military veterans added to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill his Government is taking through Parliament.

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00:00We are very clear as a government that in transposing that agreement and putting it into legislation there cannot be any significant changes that shift that balance and so in my engagement with Secretary of State Hilary Benn we have been very clear and as has the Secretary of State that we will work closely together and that there wouldn't be any significant changes or indeed adjustments.
00:30to the legislation without full agreement of both governments.
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