Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 December 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce and Foyle Port
Mr. Aidan O'Kane:
The expert on that is coming on shortly. I would not like to contaminate the discussion with any information that is not coming from an area of expertise. Ms Hanna's point about EU citizens is very much on our radar. It is less an issue than our Republic of Ireland colleagues who are working from home but it still has the potential to have an impact. We have companies such as Seagate in Derry which have very niche skills requirements. They look well beyond the island of Ireland for those skills. They go to Europe, to France, Italy and Spain, for very specific skills around physics, material science and so on. That is one of our members which would certainly be concerned from the skills perspective and having people able to continue to work for them. It could very well be that their staff work on either side of the Border. Because Seagate is in Derry it does not mean they are all living in Derry.
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