The Government is offering businesses up to €60,000 each to train staff on filing customs returns in preparation for possible hard Brexit.
This could result in a 12-fold rise in the number of import and export declarations made by local
companies in the event of a no-deal British exit.
Minister of State Michael D’Arcy, who is responsible for financial services, said he believed Britain will leave without a deal which could have severe implications for this country.
The Government will offer firms €6,000 per trainee - up to a maximum of 10 per company - as well as a free training programme for all eligible customs agents, intermediaries and affected businesses as it said the country.
Minister D’Arcy said: “Some people in the UK have convinced themselves that no deal is a good thing and that there are no circumstances that the European Union would allow the UK to crash out.
“The European Union has...moved the (Brexit) date on a number of occasions. I don’t see any more flexibility.
‘The deal will be done after the 31st of October”.
Goods trade between Ireland and the United Kingdom totalled 36 billion euros last year, representing 15 percent of all Irish exports and imports.
