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:
I will address the first question on steel. I cannot answer the fullness of steel because we have not seen the full detail. Perhaps there is a product-by-product tariff or some arrangement. I do not want to given any false information but it is an example of the possibility of what may happen.
On seamless travel going through the UK, the TEN-T route and helping to protect traditional routes, we have people who will have a half load of beef or anything for somewhere in the UK, so then they must use the route onward and it can be tough going to use the route from the UK through Calais. As the Chairman will be aware, on the west coast there is a particular issue and it is tough going for people with molluscs and fresh fish.
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