Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My question is on the same issue of Brexit. Deputy McGrath put it succinctly in describing it as a harmless document. Brexit is listed in the strategic priorities but among a group of (a) to (f), including planning for the future and a better society. Specifically, however, Brexit does not get a mention in the core work activities of the Department, which are listed in the document. The last four pages of the document are simply a rehash of the programme for Government's commitments. The document is harmless but does not seem to lay out in clear terms what the Department of the Taoiseach is doing in this regard. Is it still the Taoiseach's view that his Department should be like a Cabinet office driving the heart of Government on the issues that are of most importance to the country?

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