AQW 28963/17-22

Mr Declan McAleer
Sinn Féin
West Tyrone

Tabled Date: 31/01/2022
Answered On Date: 15/02/2022
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to set out the legal basis of his stated intention to halt border checks at Irish Sea ports required by the Withdrawal Agreement.

Answer:

My Executive Paper on the continued implementation of Sanitary & Phyto-Sanitary Checks at Northern Ireland Points of Entry under the Northern Ireland Protocol was not considered by the Executive at its meeting on 27 January 2021 and I therefore do not have an agreed Executive decision on the matter at this time.

I will keep you informed, should there be any further developments in this regard, in due course.