Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I gave the Deputy an answer a moment ago indicating that I agree with the statement. I said that within the €2.8 billion, we will look to use the funding to deal with the measures needed to get our country Brexit-ready and dealing with some of the effects of a no-deal Brexit. If a no-deal Brexit were to occur next year, the needs we would have in meeting social welfare commitments and putting in place measures to support different parts of our economy would likely require us to put new funding in place.

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