#Ports&Shipping - In Dublin, the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will meet today (Tuesday, 13th Nov.) to discuss the impact of Brexit on agriculture, food and fisheries.

Representatives from the British Irish Chamber of Commerce and the Irish Exporters Association will appear before the Committee.

“Brexit represents a clear threat to the Irish agri-food sector and Ireland must stand ready to mitigate the negative impact on Irish agriculture and fisheries”, said Committee Chair, Pat Deering TD.

“The possibility of a no-deal Brexit is of great concern to Irish business and both the British Irish Chamber of Commerce and the Irish Exporters Association are working to ensure that the Irish Agri-food sector is as prepared as possible for whatever Brexit brings”, Deputy Deering said.

“Tomorrow the Committee will engage directly with these two bodies to discuss what needs to be done to protect Irish Agri-food; maintain markets in the UK and to develop new markets worldwide in order to reduce our dependence on the UK.”

The meeting will start this afternoon (3.30pm) in Committee Room 1, Leinster House from where proceedings can be viewed live here