Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 22 January 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Customs Checks Post Brexit: Discussion

Mr. Eugene Drennan:

Yes. They would have made a little difference. Having a haulier check up to see which consignment would cause difficulty means the haulier must be on guard 24-7. That is not possible. If we or the declarant got notification of the consignment with which there is a difficulty and did not have to look it up, it would be far easier. To give the Chairman an example of how it works, the Port of Rotterdam just put up notification yesterday of how it will handle it. It has a platform of continuous information as to where the routing is, how it is going and when it will be ready. It goes to everybody involved - the declarant, the haulier and the driver. The truck driver does not need to come near the port until it is cleared. They do not have lock up and keep away in that instance.

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