Dr. Joseph Hiney:

I have an anecdote for the Deputy. A former customs agent who is in his 70s was making the point to me that most of those with the expertise are of that vintage. He asked where the expertise would come from in terms of the various forms, duty codes and so on. I am not sure where these virtual, soft or other variants of Brexit are coming from. I really do not see it working in practical terms. Like everyone else, we keep a very active eye on what is happening where we can. We attend, we listen, we read and talk to people and at this stage I am not sure what else we can do. We await the lead which will come from the political process.