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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Cork, Dublin and Rosslare could make up to 90% of the shipping.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: What I want to know is that, come 1 January, with what is in place now, if I was to drive into Dublin Port or down to Rosslare Port, what would I see? In that context, I know from speaking to members of the Irish Road Haulage Association that there is no online booking system at Dublin whereas one exists in Cork, and it works well. They might give us their view. Will it be chaos? Will it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is at 5.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: From Stena and Irish Ferries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: In layman's terms, as it stands, come 1 January, are there elements that need to be put in place that, if not put in place, will result in utter chaos on 1 January?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: What has been the Irish Road Haulage Association engagement with Dublin port?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: What would be the biggest single change that would ensure that hauliers had smooth transition post 1 January?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: What are Mr. McArdle's comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is that within the powers of Dublin Port?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of extra capacity of the depots, to which Mr. McArdle referred.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Have the authorities agreed to open them longer for the hauliers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Maybe that is something we can do as a committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Has the IRHA had involvement with traffic management in terms of the plan for Dublin Port?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Ultimately, that will come down to Dublin Port and probably Dublin City Council. Once again, we will make those requests. I want to go to Mr. Coffey and Mr. Mathieu. As it stands, we very much welcome the service their companies provide and very much welcome the fact DFDS has a new service to Dunkirk. I will go first to Mr. Coffey. Is there anything else that needs to be done that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Nonetheless, it is important. On a question to Mr. Drennan, has this issue come up in regard to the hauliers? Obviously, they are there to deliver. Has there been any engagement around that area? The general view is there are already more than adequate goods in stores in Ireland. Can Mr. Drennan give an overview?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: In that context, there is a Brexit adjustment fund coming on stream, which is a €5 billion fund. We can take it up as a committee and it would feed into this issue. Any PSO would probably have conditionality around security of supply. Perhaps it is something we can take up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is that a booking direct to Europe or through the land bridge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: Do the witnesses believe that, at this moment in time, there is sufficient capacity on the European routes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: DFDS is coming online, as Mr. Coffey has confirmed here today, on 3 or 4 January.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Kieran O'Donnell: To put that in context, does Mr. Coffey expect that when DFDS starts the route to Dunkirk from Rosslare on 2 January, the ferry will be full?