Submitting... “There still is concern about travel from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland,” Mr Swann said. “I had asked for a meeting with my counterpart in the Republic of Ireland to discuss this, to see what we could do jointly with regard to messaging, but unfortunately I have been unable to secure that meeting with Stephen Donnelly yet. “It was over a fortnight ago (that the meeting was requested), now he has encouraged our officials to meet – they do anyway, they meet regularly at chief medical officer level and our public health authority level. “We have had a response back from Stephen unfortunately saying that he would encourage our officials to meet.