Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 April 2022
16. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 2 December 2021, the progress that his Department has made regarding the use of a facility (details supplied) in County Wexford for the parking of heavy goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18508/22]
View answerThe primary purpose of the State site at Kilrane is to ensure that all of the appropriate statutory customs, SPS and health checks and controls required for HGVs arriving from Great Britain are undertaken in a secure, timely and efficient fashion with the minimum of delay. Any additional use of the site would need to have regard to that important priority in addition to the relevant operational and safety considerations.
A review of the design of the site for use for additional parking of HGVs is continuing and my Department has an assessment from the OPW on this. This is being reviewed in the light of the recent decision by Revenue Commissioners to move its mobile scanner to the Kilrane site to facilitate the establishment within the port of a Reception centre for persons arriving from Ukraine. My Department is engaging with the relevant agencies to assess the feasibility of providing the additional parking and this is expected to be completed shortly.
The Department is aware that Rosslare Europort has issued an information statement requesting truck drivers and hauliers not to park their vehicles in neighbouring villages while waiting for access to Rosslare Europort for ferry departure deadlines. It is suggested that drivers waiting for a ferry departure should park their vehicle at Gorey Service Station, Ballyellin, on the M11, or at Barntown Service Station, at Larkin’s Cross near Wexford town.
