Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2018
697. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department has a contingency plan to mitigate the effects of Brexit; if so, if he will publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43712/18]
View answerPlanning for the U.K.'s exit from the European Union was initiated over two years ago and preparedness for different types of Brexit is well underway across Government.
To this end, co-ordination of the whole-of-Government response to Brexit is being taken forward through the cross-Departmental coordination structures chaired by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In July of this year, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade presented a comprehensive Memorandum to the Government on Brexit Preparedness and Contingency Planning. On the basis of this Memorandum, Departments were tasked with developing detailed action plans to prepare for Brexit.
My Department is contributing to this process and contingency planning is well advanced. The priorities include assessing any potential impacts on housing and our other areas of responsibility. This is necessarily an iterative and ongoing process, monitoring the progress of the negotiations and working to mitigate the impact of Brexit, and my Department will continue to work closely in this regard with other Departments through the established structures.
