Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It was a projection at the outset on the expected level of demand. What we are now projecting for next year is representative of what we feel is likely to be the demand. For the number of consignments of live animals and products inspected at border inspection posts, 75,000 is projected for next year. We had projected for last year that it might be up to 500,000. It has been less than that but we are looking to match the level of inspections with demand based on what we have seen over the last year, which was the first year of Brexit.