John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I am asking about a matter beyond that contract. The Department is the body setting out the strategy and policy in regard to this. I simply want to find out how many people are going to be unemployed after the decision is made and whether it is the Department's intention to save the jobs, pay ConnectIreland for the intellectual property rights and deal with the outstanding issues because this affects the profile of Ireland abroad. It will have a major negative impact at a time when we are attempting to build up our response to Brexit. It is a fair question.