Dr. Martina Lawless:

Taking away the multinationals, the work we have done on the export patterns on indigenous Irish firms shows that approximately 50% of exports from Irish indigenous companies go to the UK, compared with 11% of total Irish exports going to the UK. That shows how much less the multinationals trade with the UK compared to the domestic Irish firms. It shows that although the total GDP figure impacts may not be so enormous, the exposure on the type of firms is.