Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is quite a lot to take out from the Minister of State's response. I will try to break it up into a couple of areas. I pay credit to him, to colleagues and everyone in his Department and relevant Departments such as Revenue and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the extensive preparatory work that was done ahead of Brexit. We can see that it was necessary.

The Minister of State said that Ireland was one of the member states most impacted by Brexit. It is quite clear that we are the most impacted. This is why it is vital that the entire €1.1 billion in the Brexit adjustment reserve is awarded to Ireland, and that Ireland does get a proportional share.

On trade flows, he said it is too early to draw conclusions based on CSO statistics, but we do see some statistics from the UK. I would appreciate if he could elaborate on the key sectors that have seen either a decline in exports to the UK or, more pertinently, a decline in imports from the UK. What efforts can be made to mitigate those issues that present themselves?

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