Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Challenges for Ports arising from Brexit: Discussion

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Could Mr. O'Reilly give us the detail of his engagement with the ferries? I am not a haulier but hauliers have phoned me and I have met them. We have met them repeatedly. I bow to Deputy Murphy. She has treaded that board. Hauliers have phoned me exasperated by the fact ferries are coming in early in the morning all together. Suddenly there is absolute chaos. The hauliers are waiting hours. It does not even fit within schedules. They have no booking system. Can Mr. O'Reilly go through in detail what his engagement with the ferries has been? What are their objections? What would work? We cannot have a situation whereby we will put hauliers at risk. Many of goods they supply, to which Mr. O'Reilly made reference, are agricultural produce and perishable goods. Could he give us the detail on that?

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