Mr. Cormac Healy:

It is a while since I have been involved in that level of detail but when animals come in, they must under EU legislation be read and recorded into the plant by the food business operator to be presented then for ante mortem inspection. In general, they come with their passport or on permit. If there is a passport, it is scanned into our system and that information is passed across to the AIM system. We get an answer back from the system that will set out effectively a sign off or the AO that will pass on to the veterinarian who will do the ante mortem. There may be confirmation of date of birth and sex. One of the checks, for example, related to Russian eligibility. That is my understanding of how it runs but I am sure the Department will clarify that.