Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is an important point. People might be fearful that companies might leave Ireland to go to the UK because of corporation tax. However, I have always felt that market access, the Single market and the customs union are very important. That means that we must be competitive with the other 26 remaining countries in our general performance and competitiveness.

Brexit is a very fluid. We all still hope that it was all a bad dream and we will wake up and it will not happen. Unfortunately, it probably will but we hope that it will be the least worst of all the options. I thank all the witnesses for their opening statements and contributions. We have had a good attendance over the course of the morning and many members contributed.