Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 November 2020
374. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of exporters requiring certification for products being exported to the UK that have registered for access to the export IT system of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35901/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraRegardless of the outcome of the current EU-UK trade talks, from 1 January 2021, new regulatory and customs requirements will be part of trading with or through Great Britain. My Department, as part of the whole-of-Government approach, has been very active in relation to preparedness for these significant and enduring changes, including in relation to the provision of export certification in order to meet UK import requirements, in respect of which further detail is still awaited.
My Department has conducted an extensive communications campaign reminding all operators who may be directly impacted by Brexit in their capacity as importers and/or exporters of the need to prepare for Brexit, and the practical steps to be taken in that regard. As part of this campaign, I wrote to potentially affected clients last week, asking them to update their registration details so that my Department can, for example, ensure that any operator wishing to export product to Great Britain after 1 January 2021 will have the necessary access to a specifically developed export IT platform. To date, 364 clients have registered with the Department to get access to this export IT platform.
