Ms Laura Burke:

To be very clear, monitoring transport and checking materials as they enter our ports is the role of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We have a regulatory role, which involves examining the contained use of GMOs, including in medicine and for deliberate release. It is a very specific regulatory role with regard to the potential environmental impact. To answer the Deputy's question with regard to the monitoring of materials coming to the State, we do not have a role. On occasion, when there was potentially an issue, we engaged with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and gave our scientific expertise and input. With regard to Brexit, the answer is "No". On the broader Brexit question-----