Dáil debates
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Brexit Issues
6:15 pm
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I will have to come back to the Deputy on the ownership issue because I do not have an answer to that.
If live animals move between these two islands today, 10% of them need to be checked because we manage animal disease on an all-island basis. Therefore, even moving within the Single Market as it is today, some checks are required, and that is unlikely to change in the future in terms of disease management. I would hope there will be veterinary agreements in place between the EU and the UK in the future which would keep those checks to a minimum. However, the container traffic travelling on the back of trucks should be able to be sealed and not have to be reopened and checked between Ireland, as part of the EU Single Market, when travelling across the UK as a landbridge and then back into the Single Market again.
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