Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With regard to technology, I am afraid that the solutions are not there. I want Mr. Lacey to response regarding the problems at Calais. I accept his point that there needs to be a renegotiation and adjustment of supply chains, but we have heard that sometimes part of the problem is that all the ferries come into ports here at the same time because that is what suits the businesses at the tail end. Perhaps the State intervention should force a proper conversation - perhaps force is the wrong term - around a renegotiation of what will work for businesses, ports, hauliers and ferry companies. It could be just a case that everybody is waiting until they see what happens, at which point it will be too late. Any intervention that the IMDO could make to that would be beneficial. Perhaps Mr. Lacey could respond to that, even if it is the case that the State needs to step up. I also want a response on the Calais situation, the IT systems and any other problems that may have been uncovered.