Terry Brennan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Ní bheidh mé ró-fhada. From 1 April, heavy goods vehicles from the South will have to pay £1,000 for using roads in Northern Ireland. Coming from an area where many HGVs and hauliers traverse the Border on a daily basis, this is a significant additional charge on them. If they miss the deadline of 1 April, it will be £10 per vehicle for every day they cross the Border.

I am concerned about it. I think it will put the small haulier, who may have two or three jobs in his company, out of business given that in the region of 500 to 600 HGVs from Great Britain come through our ports per week and do not have to pay similar charges.