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

The Government laid out last week our analysis of what the impact could be on our economy.

On many occasions, both in the Dáil and elsewhere, we have outlined three priorities. Our first priority is how we engage with the United States of America and we acknowledge - as does Deputy O'Callaghan, in honesty - the difficulty of that engagement. Second, what we have made very clear is that engagement is now under way between Ireland and our partners within the European Union on what an appropriate response could be. Third, what the Government has been doing for many years, and will continue to do, is look at the measures that can be put in place to strengthen our budget, our jobs and our enterprise economy. I can only say that we approach all of this with budget surpluses, which Deputy O'Callaghan's party was always against, the set-up of funds and the use of those funds-----

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