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:

That is so relevant. As for the impact of this, it was part of the original agreement that we would have an EU-Irish or EU-UK body overseeing it. That or another body should be called in to be there to monitor these easements now. As for the progress on them, how they are adapted and so on, we are not party to that. I cannot answer that for the Deputy. If it is not that body, it should be whichever other body. I am sure whoever negotiated this has some ideas after all the negotiations, and they may need to back up their play, but I hope that, commercially, they have a plan B in case we see distortion in trade. Deputy Harkin's constituency is Sligo-Leitrim. I talked about the drink on the buses. Those people are near enough the Border that it would be an easy transfer up there.

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