Mr. John Nolan:

The agencies involved also have separate IT systems. From the perspective of customs agents, they must make declarations on the Revenue's system and also on the system of the relevant agency, and-or via an email, depending on the agency. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has its system, Customs and Excise has its system and the HSE tends to work on email. For imported loads where the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and HSE are concerned, because Customs and Excise is always concerned, it is necessary to send documentation to three different places.