Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Professor Lawless very much for the presentation and it is very interesting to see the data she has presented. If the distortion in trade coming from the UK in the research has shown an increase of 90% coming from the Six Counties, has this research revealed where the rest of that trade has come from to fill the gap created by the fall-off in activity from the UK?

She mentioned that there have been relatively similar volumes of trade between here and the UK but she nonetheless identified a significant drop in food and beverages. Have some services increased to maintain that equilibrium or has she observed anything in that particular area?