Mr. Aidan Cahill:

Yes, we have been engaged with the Commission and other member states on this, both formally and informally, since the start of the whole refit process, which must be three or four years ago now. We made formal input into the committee of inquiry on animals transport, ANIT, which is made up of MEPs in Parliament, in the springtime of 2021 and put our views and concerns to the MEPs. Some of our MEPs in particular took a big interest in that particular file in that committee. As officials, we have informal networks with other officials in other members states as well. The relevant Commission officials are included in those networks. We exchange information, dialogue and views in all those formats.