Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We must ensure we will prepare for all scenarios, as we are doing. We have asked all Departments to give us feedback on the preparations they believe are necessary to deal with the worst case scenarios. I am unsure if it would be helpful to publish that feedback which I have not yet read, but I am happy to brief other political parties on it. We must make a judgment call on what is helpful to be put in the public domain and what will contribute to a negotiating strategy for Ireland. I will happily tease through the issues in more detail at the stakeholders' forum or elsewhere with Members, if they so wish. We have published a series of over 20 reports. There is, therefore, no shortage of information available to the public. We must consider the details of the internal preparations being made by the Government because we have only just received the feedback from Departments and more work must be carried out by some Departments in that regard.

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