Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute
Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
We did not necessarily look at figures today. Ireland is the only country in the EU that buys more goods from the UK than it buys from us. I understand that the opposite is the case in most other European countries. The UK buys far more French produce than France buys UK produce. The UK buys far more German produce than Germany buys UK produce. Ireland is quite unusual in this regard. We are the other way around. I emphasise that we appreciate every bit of business we get from the UK. Is it true that we buy more from the UK in goods than-----
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