Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed)

10:00 am

Mr. Niall Cody:

The is the process with the transitional arrangement for however long and depending on the eventual outcome. In support of the Minister of Finance, we said we needed to start planning to build up that process. I recall having a chat with Mr. Colgan and saying, "Here is an interesting job for somebody with more than 40 years' experience in customs" and he said he was thinking of retiring.