Results 20,081-20,100 of 27,613 for speaker:Heather Humphreys
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: This deal meets all our requirements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: We know well that votes can go many different ways.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: There has to be a majority in Northern Ireland to come out of this arrangement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: Anything is possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: We do not want to see a border with Northern Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: Exactly. Does the Deputy have another suggestion to make?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: It is not a tick-box exercise. Deputy Chambers knows perfectly well that there has been a considerable amount of negotiation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: She knows the amount of work that has gone into this and it is the best possible outcome. We are satisfied that this agreement meets the red-line issue of trying to prevent a border between us and Northern Ireland. Nobody wants a border. I live on the Border. Senator Mac Lochlainn will also understand that. We do not want a return to a border with Northern Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: Exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: It is a permanent structure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: It is a vote by majority.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: It is important to note that this is an opportunity that the all-island economy can continue to operate. We want people to be able to cross the Border and do their business in a way that does not impede them. The east-west relations between Britain and Ireland is a different scenario. That is why we are continuing to work with businesses to prepare them and get them ready for Brexit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: The transition period with UK.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: We have been preparing for a hard Brexit for quite some time. We have done all of the assessment and it is not a pretty picture. That is why a €650 million fund was announced in budget 2020. It is there so that we can draw on it as we need to. There is €110 million allocated to my Department and I have outlined all of the different supports that are available in the event of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: There are pitfalls.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: We are negotiating on a bona fide basis in respect of what is in front of us now and will continue this in the context of a FTA. We can only deal with the current situation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: That is why we are preparing our businesses and we continue to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: That will be a decision for majority of the people in Northern Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Heather Humphreys: It is the structure that has been agreed.