Mr. Eoin Gavin:

Irish live cattle exports, whether to France, Italy or Spain, currently move on the backs of our members, Irish road hauliers, through the port of Rosslare because the Celtic Link ferry is the only ferry that will take them. We cannot transit the United Kingdom with them. They leave the port of Rosslare for the port of Cherbourg every Wednesday and Saturday. Those vehicles are extra long. They are truck and trailer, and they are extra high. They are over 4 m high for the double and treble decks. In terms of someone exporting 100 weanlings today, if the rapporteur had his way in standardising the vehicle size to a standard 4 m by 13.6 m application, we would be talking about 20% fewer animals on that truck.