The finalisation of the trade and co-operation agreement, together with the withdrawal agreement, including the protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, means that all of Ireland’s key objectives in the negotiations were achieved. Despite the significance of the new trade and co-operation agreement, and the withdrawal agreement including the protocol, there remains a sizable gap between what trade and co-operation looked like during and after the UK's membership of the European Union.
There is also a range of Government-funded Brexit loan options to assist business with potential cash flow issues arising out of Brexit, including the Brexit loan scheme, the future growth loan scheme and the Brexit business loan from Microfinance Ireland. Brexit is not good for Ireland, Britain or Europe, and Brexit was not our decision.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Ruairí Ó Murchú; Níl, Deputies Jack Chambers and Marc Ó Cathasaigh.
Party shown is the one each member held on 2021-01-20, frozen by a dated join — not their party today. The Oireachtas API publishes no date of birth and returns an empty gender field for every member in this period, so no age or gender breakdown is shown.