Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If we cannot agree on much else, we all accept that Brexit is a major threat to the economies on this island. A weekend report in The Sunday Business Postclaimed that the Government was afraid that Irish companies would relocate to Britain to avoid tariffs and currency risks. It also claimed to have received a series of internal Government documents under freedom of information request that showed the breadth of the Government's concerns across a range of sectors, including fishing, research, forestry and agrifood. Apparently, one of the documents revealed the Government's concern about the possibility that, post Brexit, Britain would be in a better position to attract foreign direct investment. Is that true?

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's briefing notes warn that this State faces "a very uncertain situation related to the management and sharing of a large number of different fish stocks". The British fishing industry wants to exclude all foreign boats, including Irish ones, from its fisheries zone after Brexit. That will directly impact on at least 36% of fish caught by this State's fishing fleet. What measures is the Taoiseach proposing to protect our fishing industry? I will leave it at that because time is against me.

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