<p>Transport Priorities for Pembrokeshire</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:09 pm on 28 March 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:09, 28 March 2017

(Translated)

I’ve raised this a number of times with the Government in Westminster. I’ve also raised it with the Irish Government, and I discussed it with the Taoiseach when he was here on 10 March. The concern that I have is that if it’s easier to go through Northern Ireland, that’s where goods will go. If there’s more paperwork that has to be filled in going through Holyhead, Pembroke Dock, and Fishguard, if there’s any kind of official border in Wales but nothing of that sort in Northern Ireland, then goods will go through Cairnryan, through Liverpool, and the ports that have links with Northern Ireland. Now, the Republic of Ireland understands this, of course. It’ll have an impact on Dublin and Rosslare, and it’s crucially important that the arrangements in terms of border crossing are the same between Wales and the Republic of Ireland as between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.