Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are discussing the Revenue's report. The Minister mentioned that a great deal of other internal work is being done by ESRI, InterTradeIreland, and business organisations. Are we to believe that the Revenue Commissioners have stopped all contingency scoping exercises relating to different potential Brexit scenarios? Is it the case that Revenue has not undertaken any scoping measures since the draft report, which is quite old? Did the Minister's predecessor or his Department intervene with the Revenue to leave the report as is because at the time it was leaked, we had the commissioners before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, as well as the former Minister for Finance who denied any knowledge of this type of scoping activity? Were instructions given to the Revenue Commissioners? Is the Minister telling us that no scoping exercise is being done to address different Brexit scenarios from a Revenue and a customs point of view?

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