Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Before Deputy Durkan comes in again, I have a couple of questions. I remind the committee that as we progress through these meetings the focus of the discussions must be on the implication for Ireland not on the decision of a sovereign country. We are not here to tell anybody how to vote in the forthcoming election. That is not the remit of the committee.

If the UK left and its economy improved - and the sky did not fall in - would other countries feel that they also would be better off outside the EU? Could there be a knock-on effect on countries such as France and Germany?

On the free movement of people, if the UK left, would the EU or even the UK allow our existing relationships? Obviously considering that we would have more liberal movement of people within the EU, people would be able to come into Ireland and they would deem that to be an easy route into the UK thereby meaning that the migration problem would not be solved.