Mr. Conor O'Neill:

That is reasonable. It often happens in the Oireachtas that any relevant actor, whether it is business or otherwise, is given time to respond to legislation, so to speak. We would not object to that in principle but it is important that there should be a commencement clearly set out in the legislation so that it will take effect and it does not just carry on and drag on. This is not something that is totally new or out of nowhere. We have been debating this in the Houses of the Oireachtas for at least seven years, if not longer, so it is not coming out of the blue. Separately, when we try to think of how much leeway should be given to this, we should also keep in mind that the produce we are talking about is the proceeds of crime. It is not just crime; it is the proceeds of a war crime. I do not believe we would be saying we need to wait a year to make sure we are not going to import goods from Russian-occupied Crimea, which were rightly banned in 2014. That was nearly instantaneous when it was worked out over a number of months. We can be reasonable on that but we need to remember the seriousness of what we are dealing with as well.