Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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We do not know what is going to happen and that is the reality of the situation. We can talk away about a "no deal" Brexit. We can take the view that everything is great with the deal that is on next week but it could suddenly be gone. We are speaking in a vacuum. The witnesses represent the same body. It is no reflection on them if I note to the committee that one presentation from a body would do. In fairness to the witnesses, they have said they do not know what will happen. We are engaging in guess work at the moment. It looks like the deal will fall so it is a question of the implications and whether one can plan for that. One does not know because another deal could be put in place with the result that all of the planning goes haywire.