Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed)
10:00 am
Ms Carol Lynch:
That is the cost to the business. It involves payment of a clearance agent to lodge the documentation and potential additional transport costs such as additional fuel and potential drivers. Businesses can lodge the import and export declaration themselves but most Irish companies pay a clearance agent to do so.