Dr. Stephen Farry:

While I represent North Down, my family roots lie in County Fermanagh. Hopefully, I have a wider family stake in many of the issues that have been discussed. I will pick up on some of the themes Mr. Maxwell mentioned. Is the uncertainty around European funding post Brexit causing a concern? We have the continuation of PEACE PLUS, albeit with a potential gap, and INTERREG. In terms of Structural Funds, we are in an uncertain situation with the mooted shared prosperity fund coming but with virtually no detail and the potential for Northern Ireland, in particular, to lose out on a large amount of money we previously would have had under the Structural Funds. The Whitehall department has given an indication that there may be scope for cross-Border proposals in that regard, which is somewhat encouraging. We are waiting for confirmation of that.

On a more general point, will contributors give a few more reflections on the potential impact of Brexit, in terms of disruption to natural interchanges happening on a cross-Border basis? While the protocol means we still have free movement of goods, Brexit has nonetheless broken up the Single Market in terms of the movement of services, capital and EU nationals. There is also the issue of uncertainty around frontier workers. Are there any reflections on that?