Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I have a couple of questions on Brexit before focusing on bogus self-employment. Mr. Michel Barnier stated in yesterday's Luxembourg Timesthat there will be checks in the case of a no-deal Brexit. He stated everything possible would be done to enforce them unobtrusively but that will not be possible with everything. He asked how animals crossing the Border would be taken into account if there are not checks. It is difficult to read that in any way other than saying there will be a substantial hardening of the North-South Border if there is a no-deal Brexit and there is not some other deal, which is the Government's main response currently. Is that a fair interpretation of Mr. Barnier's comments? Does Mr. Cody agree with those comments?