Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that and I do not ask Mr. Breslin to make policy calls, which are a matter for the Minister. Nevertheless, we are 26 working days from a de factono-deal Brexit. Foodstuffs that fall outside any recognised regulatory regime will come into Northern Ireland. We are all agreed that nothing will be stopped at the Border and that the only place goods can be checked is when they land in Northern Ireland. In the case of foodstuffs and drugs, both of which will no longer be under any safety or regulatory regimes we recognise, will the State have any officials present when the goods land in Northern Ireland, whether at the airports or ports? Is there a plan for Irish officials to be present on the basis that once the goods leave the ports, nobody will check anything in the short term, particularly as there will be no checks at the Border?