Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I submitted a freedom of information request concerning records in regard to the establishment of possible customs posts along the Border. I received 31 documents containing that type of records in reply to that query . A number of them are from the Revenue Commissioners. They include presentations to several Departments and email exchanges. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has said that the Revenue Commissioners are making contingency plans. In view of the fact that we cannot dictate the outcome of Brexit, why would it not do so? The Revenue Commissioners are, therefore, looking at all possibilities. That includes the establishment of possible customs posts along the Border, as indicated by the documents I received. Is that not the case?

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