Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To work through each of the Deputy's questions, the answer to his final question is "Yes". My objective is to be outlining a set of supports that are available only in a no-deal setting. On the magnitude of the supports, while it would be up to each Minister to outline the detail of how funding would be made available in a no-deal setting, what I will be doing on budget day is announcing the overall framework and the figures that are against that. I refer to our engagement with the European Commission on how we will protect our place in the Single Market.

As we debated in the Committee on Budgetary Oversight recently, I have no doubt of the sensitivity and concerns the House and communities will have in regard to any measures we might have to contemplate in a no-deal setting, and I absolutely understand this. However, one of the issues we will need to consider, if we end up in a no-deal setting, is how we can continue to give assurances that Irish exports are consumed as Irish exports elsewhere in the Single Market. That is fundamental to our identity and our economic prospects as an exporting nation. That work is ongoing with the Commission but I want to re-emphasise to the Deputy that I am well aware of the many concerns colleagues have in regard to that matter.

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