Mr. Joe Sweeney:

A port scanner is like a 40 foot truck container which can be moved from port to port. It is opened up and trucks drive through it to be scanned. A number of seizures have been made in this way. It is a very successful operation but we need one at every port in the country so we need eight or ten of them. It is a no-brainer as far as I can see because they would save the Government so much money in lost revenue. The amount of revenue lost to the Government through the illicit tobacco trade is approaching €1 billion.