Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Ports Development: Discussion

Mr. Glenn Carr:

Yes. I will provide some interesting statistics. Believe it or not, but for the first time ever, 52% of the traffic that pre Brexit would have gone to the UK or used the UK land bridge to reach Europe came to Rosslare. This is interesting in terms of regional development and the willingness of the supply chain to adapt and move. It demonstrates that transferable cargo from Dublin to Rosslare was achieved while also giving the industry what it wanted. I am not disagreeing with my colleagues, but it is important to point out that Rosslare is less than two hours away from Dublin whereas it would take someone three hours to go by ship past Rosslare to Dublin. Brexit brought a significant shift in the supply chain into Europe. Equally, it brought a significant shift whereby more than 80,000 units moved out of Dublin down to Rosslare, which was good.

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