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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: We are in the land of conjecture to some extent because as it is difficult for an organisation to scientifically measure the potential outputs associated with Brexit. How does InterTradeIreland address this difficulty in the research it is carrying out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Did InterTradeIreland make any quantitative assessments of the potential imposition of tariffs or loss of each or all of the four freedoms? Do companies simply report that the loss of one or other freedom would have a negative effect on their development? Has an effort been made to quantify elements of the impact?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Was the survey carried out north and south of the Border?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Can Mr. Gough provide feedback on the responses received?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Can Mr. Gough provide a preview of the information?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: When does Mr. Gough expect it will be published?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Will the election delay publication?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Could the witnesses send us lists of mitigating policies and which businesses could be involved to resolve some of the challenges?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Being a healthier business is the ultimate tool.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: InterTradeIreland has been the anchor organisation for the likes of Horizon 2020 and different drawdown programmes for EU funding. Will that radically change now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: However, InterTradeIreland facilitates the funding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Is there any way to quantify the types of money that will be involved in these spaces for people? What type of drawdowns will typically be involved in these programmes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I wish to ask a question. I do not want to misquote Mr. McGowan and Mr. Gough in the future. A total of 98% of the businesses on the island of Ireland that InterTrade Ireland has surveyed have not made plans for how to deal with Brexit. Is that a fair comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: That is astounding. With regard to supply chains, much of the debate at this meeting has been symbolised by the fact that the likes of the milk industry has supply chains criss-crossing the Border. Has there been any study carried out to see how they break down on the basis of tariffs and non-tariff barriers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Even non-tariff barriers would be problematic. For example, if Britain was to allow more GM crops into the agricultural scene and producers in the South of Ireland wanted to export non-GM milk, surely that would pull the supply chain asunder?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: For sure. On export pathways into the European Union, there is a big chunk of exports that travel through Britain to elsewhere in the Union. That is potentially going to become more complex owing to customs and excise regulations. Has there been any work done or developments in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Were they able to estimate the typical delays they could expect to see?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Most of the work done on the TTIP and the CETA was designed to focus on non-tariff rather than tariff barriers. We are told billions of euro of extra trade would result from these agreements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I thank Mr. Mr. McGowan and Mr. Gough for coming. It was really appreciated. I wish them great success in their work in the future. They are in a greater position to provide support. I have made the argument a number of times in their presence, although they obviously cannot take a policy view on it, that InterTrade Ireland should have far more investment and far more staff and should be...
- Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Zero energy government.