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:

I am sure that can happen, particularly as Mr. Harrahill and I are in the same room across from Leinster House.

The one thing I would call for is an independent chairman. I am asking for an independent review of these processes. I remind the committee that the State has gotten into such a mix with self-policing in many public bodies. Any of the big problems we have had, whether with An Garda Síochána or other institutions, arose because the entities were self-policing. We need an independent chairman if we are to come to the table because we feel that we were not consulted before this. Perhaps the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts could get involved because this is about costs. It is about costs for the hauliers, in the first instance, and for the country.

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