Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion

Mr. Eugene Drennan:

There has not been enough discussion. We have been at all the seminars and meetings. Before me, Deputy Verona Murphy went to everything for four years. We gave our ideas, but when it came to conclusions or coming to a decision, we were not in there. In the past six months, we have been at a lot of webinars and have tended to be told what is coming and what we must do rather than having our concerns taken on board. The IMDO report on capacity changed the thinking and focus to one of capacity rather than the needs of this country and getting to market. It said we had enough capacity, yet since that report came out, two very big shipping companies are here who brought on big ships, so if we had the capacity, these people would not be coming to the table. It muddied the waters. That is a branch of Government.

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