Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association
4:00 pm
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Everyone is working hard to try to get a transition period after Brexit, from March 2019 onwards. It is by no means certain, however. If a cliff is reached, one of the agreements of which the UK will no longer be part is open skies. What would be the impact on the members of the Irish Exporters Association if the UK were to be outside the open skies policy? The witnesses' submission indicated that 80% of the trips from Knock Airport are to the UK. If that cliff is reached, which is possible, and no transition plan is in place, what would that look like for exporters?