Mr. John Nolan:

Regarding imports, there will be a big problem when Great Britain starts to exercise controls from Ireland to the UK. What would help here is both sides recognising electronic health certificates. At the moment, the rule is that the physical piece of paper must be present. Great Britain is trying to get agreement with the EU on electronic health certificates but that has not yet been agreed. It would be part of what I referred to earlier as a veterinary agreement. It would be the thin end and one of the many things to be done in that process. A health certificate adds a delay and possibly a figure of approximately £500 or €500 per load. Those are the figures.