We will be hard-nosed in Brexit negotiations – O'Driscoll

Aidan O’Driscoll, secretary general of the Department of Agriculture, was among the speakers at last Friday's Navigating Global Trade conference.

Lorcan Allen

2 February 2017

We will be hard-nosed in Brexit negotiations – O'Driscoll

Aidan O'Driscoll, Secretary General of the Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine at the Navigating Global Trade Conference.

O’Driscoll said the Department would be hard-nosed in these negotiations and was prioritising continued, unfettered access to the UK market for Irish food exporters.

Market access is going to become more important than ever for the Irish agri-food industry. He said Ireland has succeeded in opening new markets for Irish beef in Canada, the Maldives, Iran and New Zealand in 2016 and that Egypt, Vietnam and South Korea were currently being worked on.

O’Driscoll said Brexit would be one of the biggest challenges faced by the industry in the coming years.

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