Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There are proactive things that we can do in this State, rather than looking to the future to see what might be negotiated. We should now be investing in our ports and in access routes. We should look for the repositioning of the globalisation fund to assist vulnerable sectors that are already impacted by currency changes. There should be a twin-track approach. There are things that we can do immediately and things that are medium or longer term.

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