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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: It is a matter for the insurance companies in both jurisdictions to communicate with people that they will need to carry green cards in that situation, and I expect them to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: Yes, people will be required to carry a green card. The insurance companies will issue the cards on demand rather than automatically. It will be a requirement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: Not that I know of. I have not heard of any cost implications. Is the Senator referring to paying for a green card?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: The green card is proof that one is insured in the country which one is visiting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: Not having a green card when stopped could lead to difficulties in proving that one is insured to drive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I do not know the answer to that question, specifically, as to whether one would be prosecuted for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: It is certain that one is required-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: That is not clear. The Deputy is quite right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I can answer a couple of those questions. I believe it is a competition matter. That will be up to the companies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: This is not all clear yet. The Deputy is quite right. What is not clear will be made clear in due course. It is not clear whether people would be prosecuted or not. What we know is that it is going to be required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: Yes, it will be mandatory for people to carry these cards if they are going into another jurisdiction and they may be asked for them. We do know that. There are 400,000 green cards being printed, which is an extraordinarily large number. The insurance companies are going to carry out a campaign to let people know how to get them on demand. They will advertise and will make sure in every...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: One has to understand that we are talking about a very short timescale and we have to do things very quickly. People will say, quite rightly, that everybody will have to know this in time. They will know about it as quickly as possible but we are talking about a very narrow framework.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: That is not anticipated at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: It is a part of the legislation, but it will become apparent in the next few weeks whether people would be prosecuted because that is a fair question. It is not known yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: One has to understand that there are a large number of issues which still remain to be resolved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Transport Sector: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I thank the committee for asking me to address the second part of the agenda today. There was a unified EU reaction to developments last Tuesday in Westminster. President Tusk reiterated that the backstop is part of the withdrawal agreement and the withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation. He reiterated that again today in even stronger and more colourful terms. In a debate held...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Transport Sector: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I would certainly be happy to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Transport Sector: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: Yes. I know it disappoints the Deputy but the answer is yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Transport Sector: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: In answer to Deputy Munster's question, I will happily make the correspondence available. An option under the motor insurance directive allows the European Commission to set a date from which the carrying of a green card would not be required. The Commission has not agreed, as yet, to the setting of that date but we and the Department of Foreign Affairs have been pushing it to do so.