James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that Brexit will affect the entire nation and we need an all-nation approach to it. However, Wexford effectively is a border county. It will be systemically affected throughout in tourism because most of our tourists are from the UK. In the industry sector, there are exports of concrete products and other fabrication-type products. In the agrifood sector nearly everything is exported to the UK. Rosslare Europort in County Wexford is a port that should be competing with Rotterdam and the top ports in Europe. It is the closest port to France and yet it is being allowed to silt up and the profits are being extracted from it to subvent other areas in the State. It is critical that Wexford is treated in the same way as Border counties. It is a border county with France, Wales and mainland UK, and it needs specific supports.

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