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:

No. I do not recall any and not in the time of Deputy Murphy who is present. Senator Buttimer is a Corkman and the poor woman looking to bake a loaf of bread on the Beara Peninsula will have to wait an extra day for the flour. Likewise, there will be delays in east Clare and around the Shannon area where there are many light engineering works and most of the steel comes through England and that network. For most people, because of the cost of things now it is a just-in-time business for most businesses. That is the way the market has gone over the years. That is the trend and we must be sophisticated and reply to the market in as streamlined and as quick as possible to stay in the market in Europe or we become a second-rate company. That is what it means to everybody. The plan seeks to erect traffic lights at the corner of the port and expects people to turn around and drive by the airport but, hopefully, can get in then to get a container. It is wrong to say to a man who leaves any part of the country outside of Dublin at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. that he cannot come in to get his goods and get on with his day's work but go for a spin around the airport for a tour. Are they cracked?

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