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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Again, those exports are generally being manufactured within the hinterland of the Dublin area. There was a point made, I think, that 60% of it is within 40 km and over 70% is within 90 km.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I would think that the idea of moving the port to Drogheda, Dundalk or somewhere else, which has been talked about occasionally, does not make sense. We have already built the port tunnel, which was specifically for the port. It would not seem to make sense to do that, but there are arguments that if a lot of what Dublin Port is doing is exporting from the hinterland of Dublin and, equally,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. O'Connell. I am conscious of time. Mr. O'Connell might touch, with some of the others, on passengers because we did not have much reference to them and whether there is scope for doing more. I am aware that Rosslare, Cork and Dublin do a bit. I am not so sure Shannon does too much on the passenger side. It would be interesting to see. With the climate crisis, etc., depending...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. McGettigan wants to contribute on this point as well, if that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Keating and Deputy Lowry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I will give everyone another round and if we need a third round we will have it depending on time. It is almost seven years since the Brexit vote happened. A bit like Y2K and other issues, there was - not scaremongering - but concern about what would be needed. Mr. O'Connell has referred to the fact that Brexit space is not as badly needed as thought. Obviously we have all occasionally...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It has been more of a win than a loss.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. O'Connell has touched on this. With regard to Brexit, Dublin Port has all of this space that it would like to get back. Is there any other aspect of Brexit he has seen that is good or bad?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The land bridge is diminished.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: By "unitised", Mr. Sheary means containers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Much of which continued on to continental Europe.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: In terms of the climate, it is probably better than having trucks taking containers abroad individually. They are now going via ship without the drivers being picked up on the other end.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Did Brexit have much of an impact on Foynes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It was a positive result from Brexit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Rosslare has quite a lot of new routes and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Was that mostly ro-ro trade?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: They are all driving from Dublin to Rosslare.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I am only asking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Deputy Crowe has joined us, after which Deputies Kenny and Matthews can contribute again if they wish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Deputy. I thank all the witnesses for all the work they are doing on behalf of all of us in getting goods onto and off the island and getting raw material on to get exports back off, generating much-needed employment but also lots of revenue to spend on lots of other things. I wish them all well in their ambitious targets. Offshore wind is certainly a hugely interesting...