The Government is working with French authorities to ensure that tougher new rules on Covid tests for hauliers entering France will not result in disruption to the supply chain.
France is to bring in new arrangements requiring anyone arriving from Ireland to have a negative PCR test. So far, there has been no such requirement on hauliers who have been increasingly reliant on French ports in the aftermath of Brexit.
The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan told RTÉ's This Week programme that the French authorities may opt instead to require hauliers to take an antigen test which has a quicker turnaround than a PCR test. "Our Department is working with French colleagues and looking at mechanisms that if the French government comes back with