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

Mr. Brian Keegan:

If I might interject, another issue is that these problems will be front-loaded. If one is looking for customs expertise at present, there are few customs agents relative to the number of exporters here. Much of the expertise migrated and ended up in places such as Rotterdam, where there is significant customs issues beyond the European Union. The level of expertise resident in this country to deal with the vast number of queries that will arise will be an issue.