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Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on Ireland: Discussion (22 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: The next speaker is Senator Wall.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on Ireland: Discussion (22 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: As all members who indicated have spoken, I will ask the witnesses some questions. Over the years, we have listened to various projections of the potential reduction in GDP, depending on the scenario we ended up with. In her opening statement, Dr. Lawless mentioned that even with the trade deal, we are still looking at a 2.6% reduction. Is that still the ESRI's assessment? I know these...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on Ireland: Discussion (22 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Dr. Barrett and Dr. Lawless, Dr. Barrett in particular for the balanced response on the Northern Ireland protocol. It is important to acknowledge, as we have done at previous committee hearings, that there are multiple sides to that issue and the politics of Northern Ireland. As was said, it is not all driven by trade or economic growth. There are other issues of equal importance...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I agree with the Order of Business. This morning we heard the confirmed news that Ulster Bank is to wind down its operation in the Republic of Ireland after 160 years of banking in the State. My sympathy and my heart go out to all of the 2,800 staff who work in the 88 branches and to the more than 1 million customers who bank with Ulster Bank. It is a worrying development for the banking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol (Article 16) (resumed): Engagement with Mr. Maroš Šefovi (16 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Chairman. Commissioner Šefovi is very welcome to the meeting this morning. We appreciate his time with us today. I listened very carefully to his opening comments and I fully appreciate and accept that he understands the importance of the Northern Ireland protocol. He referred to it as a centrepiece of the Brexit negotiations. He accepts and understands that a mistake...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I agree with the Order of Business. I welcome this morning the announcement for the country regarding the regional and local roads funding. I welcome in particular the announcement for my county, Mayo, where over €33 million has been allocated to maintain roads. This may seem like an insignificant news story to some, but I reiterate how important this is for a county such as Mayo....

Seanad: Remote Working Strategy: Motion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I support the motion. It is great to get an opportunity to debate this issue. I am smiling somewhat at the number of Fine Gael speakers who have referred to delivery of broadband. It has been a long road to get to here and we are all obviously friends in government, but it is worth pointing out that Fine Gael were involved in the two previous Governments and that broadband still has not...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. For the information of the public, only myself, as Chair, the clerk and technical staff are in the committee room. Members are joining remotely from their offices in Leinster House. Witnesses are also joining remotely. There may at times be some technical difficulties, so I ask people to bear with us. Apologies have been...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: We lost some coverage during Mr. McArdle's opening statement but members have access to it in print format and will have read it in advance of his contribution. It is also available on the committee website for members of the public who wish to read it. I thank Mr. McArdle for his opening statement. He has raised some important points and I know members will want to come in on this....

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Mr. McArdle or Mr. Nolan can respond.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive replies.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Nolan and Mr. McArdle. I think everyone is a bit gobsmacked to hear some of those contributions. I call Senator Garvey.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Nolan and Senator Garvey. The committee will have a conversation on that. Part of our work is to give a platform to sectors that are impacted by Brexit, and obviously the road haulage sector is one of those most impacted. When we make our final report we also want to be able to put into the report some key recommendations to send to the relevant Minister and up the line to...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. McArdle and Mr. Nolan. They have given the committee much to think about. They have raised important issues around the level of paperwork and the lack of a joined-up approach across the different Departments working at the ports. I assure them that those issues will form a significant part of our committee's report, when we come to finalising it. All of our members have made a...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I welcome Mr. Glenn Carr, general manager, Rosslare Europort; Mr. Barry Kenny, corporate communications manager, Iarnród Éireann and Mr. Eamonn O'Reilly, chief executive officer, Dublin Port Company. I invite Mr. Carr to make his opening statement.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Mr. Carr, can you hear me? Can the committee members hear me? Mr. Carr, if you can hear me can you try to unmute the device, please? I take it Mr. Carr can hear me. We can see him but we lost the sound at the end. We are going to get some technical advice on that and we will come back to him. We need to hang tight. These challenges pop up every now and again when everyone is joining...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: My apologies for this. The technical difficulties were at our end. We lost the sound from the second last paragraph. It began by reference to a detailed plan. Mr. Carr is on mute.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Kenny for coming to the rescue. We appreciate that. I now invite Mr. O'Reilly to make his opening statement on behalf of Dublin Port Company.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. O'Reilly and call Senator Byrne.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Lisa Chambers: Would Mr. Carr or Mr. Kenny like to come in?