Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
11:10 am
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I will finish with this question. The Taoiseach has on many occasions declared himself the Minister for Brexit. What is his position on the Revenue Commissioners' scouting for locations for customs posts in my county of Donegal and other counties? He told Deputy Adams yesterday, "I hope nobody is looking for sites along the Border." However, the Taoiseach's Minister for Finance was before the committee yesterday and confirmed to me that this is exactly what is happening and that Revenue has briefed him on its contingency plans. Was the Taoiseach aware that Revenue is drawing up contingency plans and is looking for locations where customs posts could be re-established on Border roads in counties such as Donegal, Louth, Monaghan, Cavan and Leitrim?
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