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

The Cabinet had a detailed discussion today on foot of a memorandum brought by the Tánaiste on planning for no Brexit deal. I reviewed some of the areas where much progress has been made. The legislation was passed by this House. We now need to put secondary legislation in place in some areas. More work needs to be done on the European health insurance card and Erasmus. We noted that the staff are now in place for customs, the Revenue Commissioners and other areas where they are needed. We are going to resume information campaigns, particularly informing businesses of the actions they need to take and the supports that are now available but which have not been fully availed of.

Many businesses are prepared. They have got their EORI numbers and have done their Brexit health checks. There are others that are perhaps still taking the view that it will be all right on the night. It may well be all right on the night but we cannot assume that. We will ask businesses, in particular, to step up their planning and avail of the information, supports, advice and funding already available.

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