Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I understand the Tánaiste and the British Home Secretary had some discussions on Brexit at their recent meeting. Did they discuss the British authorities' proposals, if any, to require the movement of goods and people to be recorded and examined in the event of a hard Brexit? Has the Department of Justice and Equality examined the possibility that such a scenario might arise? The Tánaiste is aware that almost nobody wants to see the return of any kind of hard border in the future, but this is what Britain is opting for, in effect. I assume these matters were discussed in some detail during last week's discussions. We have not received a report on the scenarios the British authorities are talking about, or indeed on what the Tánaiste herself might have put forward.

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