Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Mr. Durkan for his presentation. My question follows on from that of Deputy Keating. I take a completely different view from the latter, namely, that the purpose of our having these types of discussions is to consider how we might place ourselves in a state of readiness in the event that the UK does decide to exit the European Union. Mr. Durkan has set out very clearly the implications of such an outcome and I accept his analysis. The questions that follow for us relate to the type of contingency planning we should be doing, what types of precautionary measures we should be taking and whether we should include certain measures in our budgetary process that would leave us in a state of readiness in the eventuality of a UK exit.