Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Irish Ports operate as an independent commercial company and planning and preparation for Brexit are operational matters for the ports. I am planning to soon meet my British counterparts and I undertake to Deputy Browne that I will raise the issue with them. As the Deputy said, it is a complicated historic issue that might have to eventually be resolved by way of simultaneous legislation in Ireland and the UK. The situation is very complicated. It should not be so but is because of its historic nature. I will raise the matter because there are serious and historic matters involved. If Chris Grayling is there, I will raise it with him and otherwise I will raise it with whoever is at the December meeting of the Commission.

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