Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In this instance, the Irish Government has sought a review of the association agreement but the Department has not carried out any contingency planning for how that outworking might go. Is it fair to say that it is not Mr. Downes's expectation that the association agreement will be suspended any time soon? Otherwise, the Department would, in fact, have carried out contingency planning for such an event.