Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
Yes, and I think that is also a fair reflection of what I said a moment ago. If I look at what the cost of a hard Brexit might be, of course I will look to accommodate that insofar as I can in the budgetary framework of €2.8 billion. We will look at how to expand that through the normal revenue-raising measures available. I am simply making the point that if a no-deal Brexit happens, the level of support needed for that could be significant. I will look to deal with as much of that as I can through revenue-raising measures that I will put in place.