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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)

Imelda Munster: Planning and formal meetings are important, considering that we are seven weeks from Brexit.

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)

Imelda Munster: We are talking about preparedness here and we are seven weeks away. There are 68,000 cross-Border journeys made by 34,000 people every day and there was talk of 25 million journeys per year on 15 Border crossings. We have 300 Border crossings. If I head up the road to Armagh, it is 40 minutes away. We return to the question of preparedness. People are unsure, come 30 March, if they have...

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)

Imelda Munster: If one does not have this card and one is in a crash, one is-----

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)

Imelda Munster: This is a question of information. People need to know that we have a plan.

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

Imelda Munster: Under EU law, we know that people will need green cards and that someone involved in an accident will not be insured. Unless the EU and the British and Irish Governments find some form of dispensation-----

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

Imelda Munster: -----so that in seven weeks' time we will not be in that predicament. Has the Department intervened in that matter or has the Minister requested that his officials do so?

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

Imelda Munster: The Minister has this attitude that his own self-importance is far more significant than Brexit. He is deluded if he thinks that. I am from a Border county and I am seriously concerned. The more answers I get from the Minister, the more worried I become. Could we have access to the correspondence from the Minister when he intervened to ask for a form of dispensation?

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

Imelda Munster: No, I think this is important. Can we have a copy of the correspondence from the Minister? He has just confirmed that he intervened.

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

Imelda Munster: I am not shouting, I am speaking.

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

Imelda Munster: That is right. I am entitled to speak and the Chair interrupted me.

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

Imelda Munster: Yes but it was the Chairman who brought this up. I was going to-----

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

Imelda Munster: I was waiting my turn and the Chairman brought it up. I came in on foot of what he said.

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

Imelda Munster: Can I have an answer to my question first?

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

Imelda Munster: Could the correspondence to which the Minister referred be furnished to the committee? I can request it under freedom of information if needs be, particularly if the Chairman is going to block it. I am just asking-----

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

Imelda Munster: -----the Minister to confirm that he intervened to see if there is some form of dispensation for-----

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

Imelda Munster: Good enough.

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

Imelda Munster: I was not talking about the date. We know the date. I was talking about some sort of dispensation. Has the Minister intervened with the British Government and the EU in respect of some form of dispensation to be granted in order that people will not have to carry green cards?

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

Imelda Munster: Who wrote the briefing document that committee members received? Is there somebody in the room who wrote the briefing document? Mr. Burke has indicated that he was involved, so my question is directed at him. It is stated in the third paragraph on page 2 of the document that a range of other issues arise as a result of a no-deal Brexit but that if the withdrawal agreement comes into force,...

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

Imelda Munster: That is fine.

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

Imelda Munster: Of course. I just I wanted to find the person in the room who wrote the briefing document. I ask for details on the plans and contingency measures. Could those details be sent on to the committee, including for example, minutes of meetings, emails and so on. I ask Mr. Burke to answer that question and to indicate whether all of that information can be furnished to us. On the issue of...