Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our guests. I wish to raise a couple of matters. The customs registration numbers issued for the economic operators registration and identification, EORI, where traders have trusted trade status, would appear to be one way of preparing and making it a little easier for these companies. There were 76 applications last year and 21 were granted. That appears to be low given that there were 76. That number of 76 appears to be quite low as well when one takes into account that 100,000 businesses are trading with the UK. Can our guests speak about that, how that process can work in favour of the people who are applying for it and how we can encourage more to apply for it in advance?