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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It is not necessarily the case that a great deal of employment is being created there, or that any great level of work is being done. It is a case of the big inflows or outflows, mainly inflows, of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Real services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: We did not necessarily look at figures today. Ireland is the only country in the EU that buys more goods from the UK than it buys from us. I understand that the opposite is the case in most other European countries. The UK buys far more French produce than France buys UK produce. The UK buys far more German produce than Germany buys UK produce. Ireland is quite unusual in this regard. We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: We are fourth or fifth in the world.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Apparently, we buy more from the UK than Brazil, India and China combined. There are many reasons for this. We are the UK's closest neighbour, we use the same language for labelling, and we probably have similar cultural tastes in various areas like biscuits, chocolate and all kinds of spices. Equally, we are at the end of the supply chains of companies such as Tesco, Lidl and Aldi that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: No, I captured that. Equally, many companies are importing to re-export.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: We have had discussions on the fact that we make a lot of bread, but most of our flour comes from the UK. We have not had such a discussion today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: When I was growing up, I watched the famous Jacob's advertisement about how to get the figs into the fig rolls. I never thought I would end up discussing it at an Oireachtas committee meeting. Now I am in the Chair discussing the complicated process of making fig rolls in the context of Brexit. The UK has made a big fuss about its intention to cut its corporation tax rate to bring in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I get that, within the EU, a company will look at the corporation tax. If Malta, Poland or Portugal wants to go to a rate lower than Ireland, that is one issue but the big attraction is the Single Market and the customs union. I thank Dr. Lawless for clarifying that in her opening statement, as many people are not that sure about the difference between the Single Market and the customs...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I am sure being in the eurozone is also a major factor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: The UK has never acknowledged the usefulness of the European Court of Justice.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: That is an important point. People might be fearful that companies might leave Ireland to go to the UK because of corporation tax. However, I have always felt that market access, the Single market and the customs union are very important. That means that we must be competitive with the other 26 remaining countries in our general performance and competitiveness. Brexit is a very fluid....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Is that a promise?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: The debate on last year's Finance Bill was relatively short. I will be opposing the amendment to the Order of Business. I find it slightly hard to take that a group which has spent 100 hours plus opposing the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill is now in a rush to have a debate on it and to have that debate taken before debates on other matters.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It is completely accurate.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Senators are asking that it be rushed into the Chamber despite that they spent over 100 hours opposing it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: My problem is that-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I know exactly what I am talking about.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I am making the point, validly, that the people who are proposing the amendment to the Order of Business to rush the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill into the House at 4.45 p.m. are the same individuals who have spent hundreds of hours and approximately a year and a half opposing it. That is fine. I have opposed the Bill too. I have no problem with them opposing the Bill, but I find...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I have the floor.