Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Today we approved recruitment in 2019 of 270 additional customs staff, 116 additional sanitary and phytosanitary control staff, 51 additional staff for the HSE's environmental health service and 14 professional property staff, given the infrastructural needs. I should emphasise however that these are for the ports and airports including Dublin Port, Dublin Airport and Rosslare. They are not for along the land border because we are not making preparations for a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. I think Deputy Martin is attempting to ask a trick question. Maybe I am being unkind to him.

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