A DUP MP has challenged a logistics chief to call for the removal of the Northern Ireland Protocol as an “impediment to trade”.
Ian Paisley made the call six days into the operation of the mechanism which means the region effectively remains in the single market for goods and operates under different regulatory and customs arrangements to the rest of the UK.
The initial days of the operation have seen some lorries detained for hours over paperwork.
However, Seamus Leheny of Logistics UK queried what was available to replace the protocol, and said its removal, via article 16, could cause more chaos.
Simon Hoare
Just over a year ago, the chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Simon Hoare, said this: The stark reality is that the Northern Ireland health service is falling behind the rest of the UK. An approach to funding that simply keeps things ticking over, and an absence of overarching strategy in key areas, has left services at breaking point and this situation must end as soon as possible. Other parliamentary reports speak of policy vacuums and a system doomed to deteriorate until services collapse under pressure .
We can t blame the virus for putting pressure on our service, the cracks have long been there.
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I started working in Northern Ireland in 1996, the first question I was always asked was: Did Northern Ireland need a South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)? This was understandable, as I was at the time working in South Africa with victims testifying before the TRC that ran from 1995 until 2003.
The troubling thing, however, is that I am still regularly asked that same question nearly 25 years later. During this time, how many victims have died without knowing the truth, or obtaining justice for atrocities?
The failure to deal effectively with the past remains a stain on the copybook of the Northern Ireland peace process. A potted history of the saga highlights how punishingly slow it has been.
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