Ensuring the free movement of goods, services, capital and people through membership of the single market has encouraged the Irish financial sector to grow enormously over the decades, allowing us to far outperform in the global economy what would be expected of our relatively small population.
Our ability to trade freely in financial services with other nations in the European Union and beyond has in turn opened up many further business and economic opportunities for the country. Global financial services firms from international banks, investment managers and insurers are domiciled here.