Mr. Paddy Byrne:

Yes but maybe they do so unknowingly. There are 12 or 13 main scrap dealers in the Republic but they seem to be unregulated. The rest of us must show a C2 certificate, a driver's licence or some form of identification if we want to do business but the scrap industry seems to be unregulated. The powers that be must put a mechanism in place to stop this trade and make people accountable. One way to resolve the issue is to discontinue cash payments and insist on invoiced receipted payments through the use of credit transfers, cheques or whatever. We seek the committee's support in all of these issues. We are grateful for the opportunity to attend today and the invitation was timely. We hope something good will come out of this meeting.