Mr. Damien Roche:

The solution is to go back to the old system, as in up to 1 November last. We have asked Revenue why the system has changed and the response was that it is because of the Union Customs Code, UCC, directive on how the software has been developed throughout the EU. I can only assume that is the correct answer because that is the answer I have been given. As stated by the Chairman, clearly it is illogical. Why can we not operate under the old system and why does air freight and deep sea freight not have to operate under the new system? Maybe down the line trucks will be allowed to come into the port, as we always did, but that is not on the agenda now. We are being told that we have to pre-clear goods two hours before arrival at the port in the UK. That means we have to have everything sorted before the trailer gets to the port and this makes it difficult for us to make decisions in regard to what to load and what not to load.