Mr. John James O'Hara:

There are 277 Border crossings. As the Chairman said, it would be best to move the Border to the Irish sea. The Chairman is talking about small roads and even highways. We are talking about local people. We have held different events across the Border and a number of people have told us that their farm is half in the North and half in the South. There are more than 30 houses which are half in the North and half in the South. It can be seen on Google maps, where a line goes straight through people's houses. Where do their houses stand in terms of the Border? It has to come down to real people. Many people travel North and South for work. I do not think we are getting the message across of people, such as a farmer who has to transport a round bale from Kiltyclogher in Leitrim two miles down the road but if there is a Border, he will have to transport it 11 miles. That is the reality of it.

Some of us are in business and some in farming but for people on the ground the reality of Brexit has started. I am in farming and last October-November in the local marts the price of cattle was down €150 to €200 a head because of the currency fluctuation with the buyer coming in from Fermanagh and Armagh. Take the example of a local farmer who has ten cattle, he is down €2,000 or €2,500. The reality of that is that he is down the equivalent of a couple of mortgage payments over the course of the year. Border Communities against Brexit is talking about real people on the ground. We are the businesses and people who are already being hit financially by Brexit.