James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will give an example to show where my concern is coming from. In the event of a hard Brexit whereby the UK leaves the customs union, any goods getting to and from the Continent through the UK will face four customs checks out and in, including checks in Britain and France. Some 80% of the goods going to the Continent use the UK land bridge. If that land bridge is lost, how do we get our goods to the Continent, for example, roll-on, roll-off and livestock goods? The only option is through Rosslare Europort. The last time I raised this in the House, the then Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade accused me of parish pump politics. To the best of my knowledge, until very recently the Minister, Deputy Ross, had not even bothered to contact anybody in Rosslare Europort and certainly had not met anyone there. He still refuses to publish in the Indecon report around it. That is the concern. If the hammer falls down and we cannot get our goods across the UK land bridge, come a hard Brexit, and we do not have the facilities in Rosslare Europort, how are we going to get our goods to the Continent? Nobody seems to be taking that issue seriously because nobody seems to be addressing it.

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