Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There has been a huge impact on small indigenous sectors which have had to comply with the effect of Brexit, while our counterparts, who effectively caused the problem, have got away scot-free to date. Regulatory authorities and organisations must understand that and be somewhat sympathetic when it comes to the suffering of our indigenous sectors. I refer to agriculture, fisheries and haulage, which have gone through huge change, and that continues. They are all sectors involving small family businesses which cannot afford it. I know there have been supports but they have not been significant enough from the mental aspect, never mind anything else, to deal with the changes that we have had to endure. There are huge costs attached even to circumnavigating the UK to get to the EU. The land bridge is effectively gone because of what it entails in delays in paperwork, traces and all of that, but if we go direct, it is double the cost. Brexit has had a massive impact.