Agrifood at centre of Irish Brexit policy

“Safeguarding the interests of the Irish agrifood sector will be central in informing the Government’s overall approach to all negotiations pertaining to the UK’s exit from the EU,” said Andrew Doyle, the minister of state at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in Monday’s Brexit Dáil debate.

He said the main areas in which potential impacts are foreseen are with currency fluctuations, tariffs and trade, the EU budget, regulations and standards, and customs controls and certification.

“As part of our overall contingency planning, a dedicated unit has been established in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to work on all of these issues,” said Mr Doyle.