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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Senator Horkan wants to come in as does Senator O'Donnell. I also want to ask a few questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: It is 1 p.m. now. The best thing to do would be to break for half an hour.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: I am sorry for being late coming back. I want to recap on a few issues that were brought up. I will start with what I consider the position was when all these borders were in place. I can remember working in Aston Quay and bringing all of the customs documentation to the Custom House, having it cleared, going down to stack F to examine the goods, possibly having them inspected and then...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Mr. Harrahill said that earlier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: It is still the case that there could be inspectors there determining what is going on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Trucks coming from France will have to have their cargoes sealed going across the land bridge through the UK but as happens nowadays they pick up their goods in France or Germany or wherever but they would also have pick-ups to make in the UK. They will have to stop and break their customs seal. That will take more time and paperwork. They will fill the container and come back to Ireland....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: When Mr. Cody says it is not viable or sustainable, is he saying that the option for hauliers will be to pick up the load in Germany or France, or wherever, and come straight back to Ireland, whether it is a half or a full load? At some stage that is going to have a major impact on a business. We can put that down as something serious that will impact on business and that we must consider....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: With a sealed container.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: That will be a major issue for the next day or same day delivery services, which are important, where there is a multiple of couriers and express delivery services now using airports and trucks to bring goods to Ireland because they will have to fill out individual declarations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Mr. Cody mentioned illicit goods earlier. I take an interest sometimes to relax watching the Australian programme where people are bringing all sorts of goods in which they should not be bringing in. That too will become an issue. With that in mind we have to have more regular random inspections than normal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: For example, if Britain decided to be far more competitive and reduce its VAT rates and do all sorts of things that have an economic impact on the goods coming across the Border, there is the potential for criminals to make a greater effort to smuggle in the goods they will make money on. Therefore, will the Revenue's customs officers not have to be far more active if there is this type of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: If it did things that impacted on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Mr. Cody spoke earlier to Deputy Doherty about the cross-Border issues and said that there is no customs post planned. He also mentioned then the examination of goods whether in the warehouse owned by the haulier or a bonded warehouse.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Will that not put enormous pressure on both the operator and the Revenue Commissioners? I know about warehouses and they are packed to capacity. There is no room. If this is going to happen, they will have to expand or build on. Even though the Revenue Commissioners are doing this, it is almost like another customs post except that it is located in the individual's warehouse or in a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: That refers to Revenue's current customers. This new arrangement will create a whole lot of other customers for it. Currently, people travel up and down to Northern Ireland. I watched a programme on the subject recently where there was an immediate cross-Border aspect but it was in a geographically tight location. They will be affected by it. I do not want to be unfair to Mr. Cody but I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Is that not next to impossible, in honesty?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Is it possible to have a seamless transfer of goods across the border within the Thirty-two Counties without having any physical border?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: I understand that. The European Union will tell us that it wants a border and Mr. Cody said that it is up the national Government to decide its response to that. I am asking Mr. Cody how Revenue responds to that. Is Mr. Cody satisfied that in that scenario, where the European Union is demanding a border at Northern Ireland, there will be no physical structures or customs posts there and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: I understand that but how can Mr. Cody say that there will not be a physical presence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Therefore, Mr. Cody cannot predict whether there will be a customs border.