Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Border Counties: Discussion
2:10 pm
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
This is my final question to both organisations. There is a view that the customs union may be up for renegotiation. While the current customs union will not exist as it stands, there may be deviations from it. If Britain left the customs union but remained in the customs union for agriculture, that would significantly alleviate our exposure to Brexit. That would be the most exposed indigenous sector. Has either of the witnesses' organisations given much thought to how that could be done? Have they engaged with any of the State representatives? I know there have been quite a few conferences around the State where the Government has been collecting the perspectives of local organisations. Have the witnesses thought on or engaged with it yet?
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