Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion
Mr. Liam Irwin:
No. That is the short answer. Customs is a community duty and it is our obligation under EU law to manage customs controls. How we do that is a matter of our competence. We operate within the rules of the Union Customs Code.