Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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1827. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26911/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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​On 2nd May, the Government published a comprehensive document on Ireland and the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. This document sets out the approach of the Government to the forthcoming negotiations, following the successful campaign to have key Irish issues recognised in the EU negotiation position. Following on from this publication, work is underway to prepare a further paper on economic implications of the Brexit challenge.  This will draw on the work to date across Departments,  which will be developed to mitigate emerging sectorial challenges. These plans will build on ongoing cross-Government research, analysis and consultations with stakeholders, and will reflect the core economic themes of the Taoiseach's speech to the IIEA on 15 February last.

Ireland’s economic interests lie firmly in a strong and well-functioning EU with continued and unfettered access to the single market. There is a lot of negotiation to be done around trading arrangements.  Our contingency work is examining all scenarios and we cannot pre-empt the outcome at this stage.  We are not under any illusions about the complexity of these negotiations and are engaged in detailed planning to prepare for these.

- minimising the impact of Brexit on the tourism industry by preserving the Common Travel Area, avoiding a hard border on the Island of Ireland, and maintaining a liberalised aviation regime to protect and promote access.

- maintaining in so far as possible the existing common standards and regulatory regimes (e.g. international haulage, maritime). 

- the avoidance of a hard border between North and South, and the most efficient possible customs arrangements on the Island of Ireland and between Ireland and Great Britain. 

- the protection of the fully liberalised and deregulated aviation market and current aviation traffic rights with respect to the various air transport markets.

- the treatment of EU and UK airlines as well as EU and UK nationals in terms of ownership and control rules.