Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association
4:00 pm
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Mr. McKeever talked about a possible solution, the GoSwift queue management solution. It has been internationally recognised by the OECD and others. Representatives of the Revenue Commissioners were before the finance committee and they talked about how there would be electronic trade management for the vast majority and that 6% of freight could be directed to a location perhaps 10 km to 15 km away from the Border where there would be electronic checks and that there would be random patrols or monitoring where people could be called in along the Border. How realistic is that to Mr. McKeever's members, particularly those who are trading on both sides of the Border quite frequently? The last survey I saw indicated that 67% of members were exporting to the North. How challenging would the disruption and time delay be to individuals?
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