Mr. Andrew Duncan:

The fact that the Loughs Agency existed before the EU was formed gives us great hope that we can navigate any issues that might arise. It may well be useful for other bodies that are undergoing transition to see how the Loughs Agency has evolved over the past 60 years. That is not to say that there will not be challenges. Environmentally, one of the most difficult aspects will be the transposition of EU legislation into UK legislation to keep them from diverging on completely different paths. We are cofounded by two jurisdictions. We will still have one member within the EU and that is very significant.

I am not overly worried. That is not to say we are not going into this with our eyes shut but because there are so many "unknown unknowns" we are like everybody else, we have to wait and see but I think we are probably better placed and prepared to handle Brexit than most of the other bodies that have existed since the Good Friday Agreement.