Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Let us deal with that because the summer economic statement gave us two lines about what would happen in the case of a no-deal Brexit, which were to the effect that €700 million would be used to deal with that issue. Is the Minister suggesting that there would be additional, temporary measures to address specific issues in the case of a no-deal Brexit, over and above that €700 million, or is he suggesting that unless further income is generated, the €700 million would be the entire package?