Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I anticipate that part of the €2.8 billion will deal with normal Brexit measures that we have taken over the past three years. It is important to reiterate that, if a no-deal Brexit takes place, it may well be necessary to go beyond that, for example to deal with the consequences of more people needing unemployment benefit next year.