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:

We have been heavily involved in this context over the past 18 months. I look to industry in this regard, which will be the customer for ORE. It is just like Brexit, where industry, our importers and exporters, provided our customers. In the same way, the question now is what we need to do to support them such as getting more shipping lines in and getting this work going. We have spoken in-depth with representatives of the ORE industry. At this point, what I am sure of is that the facilities we are building in Rosslare Europort tick nearly all the boxes for what the industry wants. We must ensure we build a world-class facility that is fit for purpose, and not just for now but for the future. We have had companies in that sector engage with us and our design team concerning designing this facility. It is a big project. We must deepen the port. We must create additional berthing. Additionally, we must reclaim and create additional land. The build itself is not very complicated and will not take very long. We expect it to take approximately 18 months. As I said, we have a detailed plan that is on target to deliver our facility by the end of 2026. We must-----

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