Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport

Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association

2:00 am

Mr. Eugene Drennan:

Perhaps there should be a look at a lightening of EU rules in the port of Derry for servicing Donegal and Greenore Port for servicing south Armagh and its natural hinterland. The drawing of the Border originally did not take into account the need for a supply chain to those parts, having to import goods that are recognised for centuries into Derry and having to clear them just to pop over to Donegal. The Windsor agreement did not encompass that. To a degree, it was at a different time. There was heated debate but now, in the simplifying of rules and regulations that have been announced, perhaps there is some way of encompassing that if it is accepted in Derry or there is some clarification, it is also accepted in Donegal, and if it is accepted in Greenore, it is good for Armagh.

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