Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Dr. Alasdair McDonnell:

I am familiar with Newry although perhaps not as familiar as Mr. Brady, who represents the area. I travel through it regularly and I am familiar with our witnesses today and some of the good work they do. There are a number of points I want to draw out. I already had the benefit of hearing the witnesses' evidence in the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee in London. Do the witnesses have any statistics on the number of people travelling from North to South and from South to North for work? Is there any statistic that shows, for example, that 5,000 people travel from Dundalk in Louth to Newry for work or that 4,000 travel from Newry and its hinterland to the South for work?

That is the first question and perhaps while the witnesses are trying to digest that I will address a question to Mr. Blaney. I am still intrigued and trying to get my head around his young driver telematics product. Perhaps he will tell us some more about that. Eventually, I will get my head around it. Is the ChilliDrive app the same thing?