Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-02-04
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

We all expected teething problems on 1 January with regard to Brexit. Irish Road Haulage Association hauliers and many private haulage companies and car importers have been on to me and many other politicians about this issue. There are anomalies in the 300 page document and nobody in Revenue, who are doing their best, can give people an answer as to why they must pay the import duty at the point of entry. When they bring in cars they pay the VRT when they sell them and register them. That should be done now with this also.
Drivers of trucks are being held up, sometimes for 24 and 48 hours. That is totally unfair to them. They are innocent here. If there are cars for four or five garages on the one load one driver might not have money in the account to pay whatever is the sum. They will have to pay it later on because it is registered and documented. We need to have this document simplified. We need to have the Minister for Finance, the head of Revenue and the Secretary General of the Department of Finance deal with this to give clarity and stop the chaos at the ports.

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Sitting date: 2021-02-04