Michael McDowell (Independent)
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The Minister referred to resourcing difficulties in terms of drafting. One of the things, going back to my own time as a Minister, that could be mentioned in this context is that it was very easy, prior to Brexit, for staff in an Irish Department which was looking at a European directive to lift the phone and call their opposite number in London and ask, "What are you doing on this? Show us your working papers", and they got them. In other words, they got an outside agency's view on the matter and a little bit of cogging went on.