Mr. Paul Jackman:

I thank Deputy Currie for the question. Something that is in the opening statement, if the Deputy remembers, is the G2, the new tachograph. All trucks have a tachograph fitted. It controls the driving and rest times. The UK is still in alignment with the EU requirement for that, but there is a requirement for trucks doing international work to have this new tacho fitted, which is €1,500 to €2,000. We have had several meetings with DG MOVE, which is the regulatory authority in Brussels. They are happy with trucks transiting the North, going from Dublin to Donegal and vice versa, which is part of what we do, not to have the requirement but the UK is not reciprocal in accepting it as well. It is creating an international transport requirement qualification on many hauliers in Ireland. Most hauliers have reason to go to the North at some stage or may have, and they have to register as international hauliers as a consequence even though they never leave the island. This has brought the G2V2 requirement onto their fleet. While that is there and it is in law, we argued for the transit circumstance. DG MOVE in the EU agreed that if the UK is happy with that, DG MOVE will iron-clad it. That will remove the obligation on those that do not load or unload in Northern Ireland but that transit it within their work in their republican work. That is a caveat. It is available to us but we are not getting the support from the UK authorities on that.