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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTON/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

QUESTION NO. 18

QUESTION: Councillor Alan Hayes

To ask the chief Executive if the Council expect any significant rise in construction costs for the proposed Part 8 at Balgaddy as a result of Brexit, and if so, what additional cost might this add to the project.

REPLY:

The cost implications of Brexit may have a negative impact and the situation is being monitored for all projects at planning and construction stage.

As the UK has reached an agreement with the EU on leaving the EU there will be no application of tariffs on goods traded between the two entities. Any cost differences that are likely to emerge will be due to supply chain issues, currency differentials and increased costs due to custom regulation delays, factors that existed to varying extents already.

Northern Ireland and the Republic will share EU standards as  prior to Brexit, but the UK can now diverge from EU standards with the possibility of goods being deemed unacceptable by EU Countries.

Overall, it is anticipated that it will take some time for a clear picture to emerge with both entities supplying to meet the others standards, and competitiveness being maintained despite the new trade status heralded by Brexit.