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. Christophe Mathieu:

There is not much I can add to what Mr. Coffey said. I would agree on every point. We did not find any support from Brexit funds or anything like that, so I would not add much to that.

Listening to all of the conversation, I was wondering to what extent the Republic of Ireland would consider securing the first few weeks of Brexit - I am referring to the continental routes, of course - by maybe putting in place a priority for some goods versus others. I was also wondering to what extent it would be wise, from the Republic of Ireland point of view, to be clear to identify which hauliers carry which type of goods, because I presume it is much more of an issue if medicines or first-necessity goods were to be late versus some other types of goods. That is just an aside on the question, but I was just wondering whether the Republic of Ireland could work with hauliers like Brittany Ferries, DFDS and Stena, and Irish Ferries for that matter, to identify a priority list. That would be one way to mitigate the risk of shortage in the first few weeks. I know I am addressing a different issue.

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