Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

Implications for Ireland of the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU in regard to the Agriculture and Food Sectors: Discussion

Photo of Paul DalyPaul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have another meeting at 4 p.m. so if I leave before Mr. Kelly has an opportunity to reply, I will read the transcript. My question is a follow-up to the Chairman's. Even if we got our wish list relating to Brexit, we are still dependent on how markets gauge it and sterling can respond by either strengthening or weakening. It is something we always had prior to Brexit, but it was not as unstable as it is now. How can we insulate against that into the future, even if we get what is seen as favourable from Mr. Kelly's perspective for his companies? How can we insulate against how the market reacts to sterling?

Second, will Mr. Kelly go into further detail on how he sees the landbridge working, especially for perishable goods? It is will not be seamless. The nature of much of his product, possibly all of it, is that it has shelf life. Does he see the use of the landbridge as a major problem in the future?

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