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

I have given a detailed update to Cabinet and I am happy to give a detailed update to the Deputy, if she wants it. She should read the reports we have published on different scenarios and the different levels of preparation that are required. For example, the ESRI has published four reports; the Department of Finance, three; the Revenue Commissioners, one; the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation has published 13 different reports trying to raise awareness among businesses; the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has published a significant report; the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has published five different reports; the Department of Health has published four reports; and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs has published a report. No country has put the time and work into preparedness that Ireland has put into contingency planning for all scenarios. As time goes on, we will be more public about that. However, as the Deputy should be aware, there is good reason we should not publish everything we are doing in the context of the negotiations and the state they are in right now.

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