Mr. Barry Carey:

A meeting is planned for early in 2019 between the UFU and IFA. I was speaking with a senior Garda officer recently and he asked if we would have cross-Border co-operation between the UFU, the PSNI and An Garda Síochána. There is an ongoing scheme where a Garda superintendent at the Border is engaging with his counterpart in the PSNI. What they are doing involves the latest technology and property marking. It is a dual-community group. Communities on both sides of the Border work together to create property marking unique to the locality. That reduces the opportunity for theft by organised crime.

I have been in contact with members in Ulster Farmers Union, UFU, and a meeting is scheduled in early January.