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

Mr. Neil McDonnell:

The Chairman's colleagues on the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation answered that and gave a very short guide to the World Trade Organization, WTO, rules. All but one category of trade attracting a tariff in excess of 10% are food categories. The people that will have to be asked the Chairman's question are not in this jurisdiction. He heard the question from a farmer. When it comes down to adjudication on these matters, if it is going to be within the customs union, it is subject to the adjudication of the European Court of Justice, ECJ. It would appear that the UK has set its face against the adjudication of the ECJ. It has traditionally had a cheap food policy and maybe it will decide that it will accept jurisdiction in certain categories for these very reasons. That is not going to be within our immediate gift here.

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