Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have had European funding coming into towns such as Castleblayney, Clones and Ballybay. Those towns have been decimated over the years and they are just getting back on their feet and just beginning to see economic advancement.

What might it mean for people on the ground and local authorities not to have EU funding? We know what PEACE funding has meant for cross-Border projects and community centres. We would not have basic things like playgrounds in our Border counties if this funding had not been available. I ask Mr. McDonnell to tease out the notion of social dumping, to which he alluded when he spoke about employers in the North of Ireland.