Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our guests. Is there not such a commercial imperative to maintain the status quoand is that not so important financially to stakeholders on all sides of the Irish Sea that it is what will happen? Is the commercial logic not such that it will happen? While I understand where Senator O'Sullivan is coming from and that Mr. Kennedy referred to planning for the worst case, I share Senator McDowell's optimism. Leaving that aside, will the desire to maintain commerce, business and jobs be so overwhelming and imperative that none of these things will be allowed to happen in the end?