Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are talking about preparedness here and we are seven weeks away. There are 68,000 cross-Border journeys made by 34,000 people every day and there was talk of 25 million journeys per year on 15 Border crossings. We have 300 Border crossings. If I head up the road to Armagh, it is 40 minutes away. We return to the question of preparedness. People are unsure, come 30 March, if they have to have this card with them. If they are in a crash, are the covered? If they do not have it, how do they go about getting one? Will there be a cost to it? I do not know if we are waiting until the eleventh hour to deal with this but the 34,000 people who cross the Border daily need to know well in advance what they need, how they apply for it, when they will receive it, what they are covered for, whether it costs anything and how long will it take to get it. This is about preparedness.