Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion

Mr. Glenn Carr:

With regard to the first question on UK traffic volumes, some of that would have been land bridge traffic but, from engagement with much of the industrial sector, it has told us directly that it has also moved some of its supply chain out of the UK jurisdiction and into mainland Europe. Historically, there would have been a concentration of central distribution with the link from the UK. Industry would have been sourcing from its central distribution, perhaps in the UK. Since Brexit, much of that supply chain has moved directly into Europe. On the actual trade between Ireland and the volumes we are seeing in certain sectors, because of the requirements, in particular in respect of the food, agri-ingredient and pharmaceutical businesses, which are all just-in-time businesses, the risks of checks and to the supply chain have to be managed, and the mitigating risk to take that away is to source directly from Europe and to go directly on sailings.

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