Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Mr. Aidan Gough:

In terms of the question about a rural-urban differential impact and the lack of preparation among businesses, there is no rural-urban divide. However, our research and others have pointed out that the products which are most at risk are in the agrifood sector, which is the sector that is most at risk. Agrifood industry is predominantly found in rural areas and there is a much bigger proportion of the community in employment in it in those rural areas. There is a potential differential impact there in that regard.