Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My apologies, Chairman, but I did not answer Senator Richmond's question about the 19 legislative proposals coming from the Commission. Most will either take direct effect or we will cater for them in the statutory instruments we are introducing. There is no issue of delay. Most are changing EU law or making an exception to EU law on a temporary basis. Most of the contingency solutions coming from the Commission are only temporary until the end of the year. Incidentally, if anybody thinks a no-deal Brexit can hold onto the contingency measures being introduced temporarily by the European Union forever, the idea of a managed no-deal Brexit is a fantasy. There will be a temporary set of contingency plans in place to facilitate basic movement and so forth, but there will be a need for the negotiation of a more permanent arrangement. In a no-deal Brexit scenario those negotiations would be very difficult.