Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce

10:00 am

Mr. Eoin O'Neill:

We have members across the two islands in all jurisdictions. We have been active in both Northern Ireland and the South. We recently held a very significant briefing for small and medium enterprise in Belfast in partnership with Invest Northern Ireland and more than 300 people turned up. Mr. David Sterling, the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, and Julie Sinnamon from Enterprise Ireland, spoke which is a reflection of the cross-border nature of trade and activity. A lot of the concerns the Chairman addressed were raised at that forum. It is equally challenging on the other side of the Border if they are exporting to the South. There are challenges on both sides of the Border. We have interests and membership spread right across the UK. In particular, we straddle many of the organisations that provide goods and services in the UK and Ireland. They are committed to both jurisdictions and will be faced with these issues.

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