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

In the context of the backstop and the fact that we are only seven weeks away from 29 March, are discussions under way in the background? I do not expect the Minister to go into any detail but have there been discussions in the background between the Department and the Government generally and the European Commission regarding the doomsday scenario of a no-deal Brexit and the expectations of the Commission regarding adherence to the Union's customs code and the requirements the Commission would impose on Revenue as the national agent of that code? Have those discussions taken place or are they ongoing?