Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion

Mr. Eugene Drennan:

Yes. That is why I prefaced my words by saying we have to split the commercial from the political. At the time of Brexit and its impact, the emphasis was all political. It was "they are leaving" and "they voted leave", we had all the reasons and all the politics went on. There was no great consideration of the commercial side of this. All the commentary was "they are losing their market", "they are going to be in trouble", "they have left", "give them a kick in the bollix", "they are out of here" and "drive on without them". Our intertrade and the fact that we are trading with our biggest customer, the fifth richest in the world, is now so impacted, and we are paying too high a price-----

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