Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association

4:00 pm

Mr. Simon McKeever:

That conversation is ongoing. We had an event yesterday at which there were three manufacturing companies in the room. One company's representatives stated it was beginning to consider this. Then another company's representative said it might need to start considering it also. One might see a trend in the other direction in that, if customs tariffs are imposed, the supply chain may need to shorten in this country. Some of the food and drink companies sending goods back and forth across the Border might need to produce more in Ireland also. There may be some small counterbalance against the trend.