Irish Sea border posts 'delayed by two years'
The timeframe for permanent facilities to operate the Irish Sea border has slipped by two years, a Stormont committee has been told.The agreement of the executive will also be needed, potentially complicating the process of approval.
Tenders have been agreed for the work and it has emerged that compensation payments of up to £300,000 to contractors may be necessary due to the delay. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs permanent secretary Denis McMahon said the requirement to review the design and to get clarity on the potential volume of checks which may eventually be needed had pushed that back.
The committee was told 12 were currently carrying out the bulk of the duties and shift work made it very difficult to facilitate leave or a decent work life balance.He said if there was no agreement between the UK and EU on future simplification of the system after various grace periods, he would need up to 60 vets and that was "undoable".
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