Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Mr. Harrahill. He might touch on significant seizures of other substances. He mentioned cocaine. The jump between the 2020 and 2021 figures is significant in light of the lockdown. While the world was looking at lockdowns, smugglers clearly were not. Instead, they were looking at opportunities. I commend the work of the customs agents and their sister agencies around the world in respect of these seizures.

Are the majority of seizures at ports and airports or do they arise from follow-ups and raids?

Mr. Harrahill mentioned equipment. The European Anti-Fraud Office of the European Commission gave a grant of €1.4 million and an X-ray scanning van was purchased. Was that in 2020 or 2019 and has that purchase resulted in a number of the seizures in question?