Mr. Eoin Ryan:

When we have our regular meetings we talk about a range of items, including trade, and animal health and animal welfare is a large part of that. We talk about policy challenges in animal welfare, areas of co-operation and if there are specific areas, because we know one another and have relationships, while we have formal meetings, we do not necessarily wait until the next formal meeting to contact our counterparts or they might contact us directly. That is the way it happens because we have built relationships and we see one another on a regular basis. That makes it easier to either contact or be contacted about animal welfare issues as they arise.