The Department of Foreign Affairs said the fallout from the Brexit process was “without precedent in its complexity” NIKLAS HALLE'N/GETTY IMAGESOfficials sought a Brexit war chest in the budget to manage the “unprecedented complexities” created by the UK’s decision to leave the EU. In a pre-budget plea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said it would need €14 million in extra funds this year to manage the fallout from the Brexit process, which they described as “without precedent in complexity”. A long list of where extra money was needed was prepared by the department, including increased travel expenses, postage, heightened diplomatic efforts and foreign birth registrations. In a letter to the Department of Public Expenditure, Niall Burgess, the secretary-general at foreign affairs, said the department was “critically under-resourced” in some of the most strategically important countries. A list of 12 of “the most significant areas of…

Source: The Times January 09, 2018 00:05 UTC