Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Is it the position of the Government that, in terms of trade post-Brexit, it is inevitable that a transitional arrangement will have to be agreed and, as Mr. Callinan said, we will not be able to go directly from the existing relationship to a new long-term trade arrangement but there must be some gap, albeit perhaps a very short one, and that realistically what we hope to achieve is a transitional trade deal which is as close to the status quoas possible? Is that the position of the Government?