Ms Verona Murphy:

I hope not. Again, the RSA is stringent in what it does. We do not have to be stopped on the side of the road; we are subject to inspections of tachographs on the premises. An infringement is very costly and the haulage licence is always in jeopardy because of multiple infringements. A driver working a 45-hour week can have multiple infringements because anything over his or her driving time limit constitutes an infringement, whether it be one minute, five minutes or ten minutes. We are heavily regulated. One can have a driver who is keeping to Regulation 561; it does not mean that he or she can drive all the time. Similar to car drivers, one has good drivers and bad drivers, but we are prepared, if we achieve non-EU work permit status, to bring people in and train them properly. There are no requirements to be met if someone is European and coming from a country in which they have acquired his or her licence through conscription. Such persons can come into the country because they are from within the European Union, but, as I said, it does not mean that they can drive.