Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On the 31 March deadline, has the Minister prepared transitional, roll-over legislation to cover the interim period when there may be a transition? I know we all hope that will last as long as possible but many agreements between Ireland and the United Kingdom will clearly be fundamentally changed when the United Kingdom formally and fully exits the European Union as they have suggested they will do. Does the Minister anticipate that emergency legislation will be required to cover a transitional period and are he and his officials preparing same? It would not just relate to agriculture but I anticipate that it would relate to a wide variety of areas.