Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion

Mr. Leo Clancy:

I do not have the numbers to hand, but we can certainly take a look to see whether we can find any trace of that. However, it is much more sea based when one looks at our export base, predominantly in areas such as food and engineering. It is definitely much more sea based than air based in terms of the goods. That has gone to the heart of some of the challenges Irish enterprise has seen in the past 18 months, in particular, with the costs of containers and supply chains going up significantly. It is certainly more sea based but I do not have a breakdown of the figures, exactly, in that regard.