Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of this question is to establish the current view of the Minister and the Department of Finance on what the implications would be for Ireland in the event of a no-deal hard Brexit, which is something none of us wants to see. We are conscious of the efforts the Government is making to avoid that with our EU partners but it is a distinct possibility. We are now eight and a half months away from the end of March 2019 and I believe we need to have the up-to-date assessment from the Department of what that would mean for Ireland.

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