Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

For four years prior to Brexit, at the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, I regularly asked if we were wargaming the ultimate outcome of Brexit. Were customs officials and Revenue working with the road hauliers? Had they done trial runs with trucks? It seems to me that if it was wargamed, it was not wargamed correctly. If it was not wargamed, why not? There was a feeling around here that it was never going to happen but we all knew it was going to happen and we find ourselves in a bit of a mess. Were the road hauliers, at any stage, brought in and run through processes so that they would have an idea of how things would go? If not, perhaps customs and Revenue officials can explain why not.