Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy will be aware that the Department of the Taoiseach has established a specific departmental committee to deal with Brexit. If the Defence Forces are to be involved in a hard border, that would be a matter of aid to the civil power and it would be a matter for An Garda Síochána to seek assistance from Army personnel or the Defence Forces in that regard. The Deputy might have heard the Taoiseach say earlier that he believes that neither Britain nor Ireland wants a hard border. They do not wish to return to the Border days. We cannot really piece together exactly what Britain will do until it invokes Article 50. However, my Department will give its input to the Department of the Taoiseach and to the group it has set up, with a specific Secretary General, to deal with Brexit. The Taoiseach has already asked each Department to give its input to this group.

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