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. Brian Keegan:

On that point, the downside of those comparisons is that because there is a heavy onus on those eastern countries within the European Union to maintain the integrity of the customs union I expect they will be very hesitant or resistant to any special dispensations or arrangements which we might wish to broker with the United Kingdom, given that the burden they have to police the system is so heavy.