:07:21. > :28:05.Those the First Minister except that the people of Northern Ireland has
:28:06. > :28:10.said a clear message to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister
:28:11. > :28:15.that they want to remain in the EU. How do she intend to act on that
:28:16. > :28:22.mandate and instruction? The mandate and instruction was to the United
:28:23. > :28:27.Kingdom Parliament, because as Mr Allister pointed out earlier today
:28:28. > :28:31.when we voted on Thursday we were after question as to whether we
:28:32. > :28:38.wanted the United Kingdom to leave the European Union or to remain. I
:28:39. > :28:42.accept that the majority of people accept that the majority of people
:28:43. > :28:48.in Northern Ireland, mostly in the West, decided that they wanted to
:28:49. > :28:52.remain within the European Union. There is no surprise there. At the
:28:53. > :29:00.beginning of the referendum campaign we were told that 75% would vote to
:29:01. > :29:11.remain within the European Union. It was actually 55%, or 56%. I have
:29:12. > :29:16.heard a lot today from the members party about respecting the 55% who
:29:17. > :29:20.voted to remain and I will, as will the Deputy First Minister. She also
:29:21. > :29:27.has to respect the view of the 44% has to respect the view of the 44%
:29:28. > :29:32.of people who voted to leave and in times of the United Kingdom, which
:29:33. > :29:37.is a member state which engages with the European Union, they voted to
:29:38. > :29:40.leave. We can talk about these different arrangements but the
:29:41. > :29:52.campaign is over and the boat has been taken and no are focus is to
:29:53. > :29:58.make sure that Northern Ireland's best interests are preserved. -- and
:29:59. > :29:59.now our focus is to