Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On a final point, part of the process is to protect the sectors that might be damaged by Brexit. However, it is also about looking for stimulus that can be turned on very quickly, given the nature of this potential downturn. The examples I mentioned of immediate capital projects, such as targeted local authority or council spending on footpaths and retrofits, might on their own be tiny, but collectively they have the advantage of being able to be done quickly and achieve other objectives. They would have a much stronger stimulus effect that some of the other stabilisers and measures being looked at.

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