Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will deal with some practical issues. The meeting between the Irish Road Haulage Association and Mr. Harrahill and his colleagues will be most important. It needs to take place early next week.

An issue is coming up with many of the hauliers. My understanding is that every product in a container on a truck requires a master reference number. A haulier may be transiting or taking goods for a large number of suppliers. If the MRN or customs documentation for one of the goods is not correct, the truck will be pulled in and checked at the port, causing major delays. Hauliers operate a just-in-time model in their dealing with suppliers in the UK and customers in Ireland and the UK. Will Mr. Harrahill explain this to me? Am I correct in that? Mr. Harrahill stated 70% of trucks are not checked and are green-routed. Are the other 30% checked on the basis of problems with MRNs? Let us suppose a haulier has a container with goods for 50 customers and one batch of goods has not been put through properly and the MRN is not correct. If the truck is pulled in for checking at the port, it has major time implications. Will Mr. Harrahill deal with that particular point on the practicality? Mr. Drennan might then comment on whether I am correct in my analysis.