Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Senator referred to the nine-month extension for road haulage and the seven-month one for the airlines and asked whether these were a result of representations. Yes, they were. We faced a fairly difficult situation a few months ago when the European Commissioner was taking a line on both haulage and the airlines that nothing much would change and that in a no-deal scenario we would face serious difficulties. That is now past in that we have got more time to come up with a solution, which we hope we will be able to reach in the time made available to us. It will not be identical to the situation at present, but we are perfectly confident that the road haulage business and the airlines will be running a perfectly acceptable service that is very close to what we have at present, as I said. I think that is going ahead.