Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In May 2017, when we had a meeting with the former Commissioner, Mr. Orban, Mr. Cody mentioned this point. The Commissioner set out the details of the electronic customs declaration and said that between 6% and 8% of the traffic would need to be the subject of some form of check, whether of documentation or in the form of a physical inspection. Is that still an accurate estimate? Mr. Cody said that, post Brexit, import and export declarations could increase to as many as 20 million per annum, both east-west and North-South and, at between 6% and 8%, this would be between 1.2 million and 1.6 million checks at the Border, at our ports and at our airports. Is that estimate still broadly accurate?