Ms Louise Byrne:

The answer is "Yes". Farmers who are end users will register with us as a professional fertiliser end user. We also recognise that some farmers will import fertiliser directly or they may sell or transfer fertiliser from farm to farm. In those circumstances, we have made the system as simple possible so that when they are on the agfood.ielog-in page, which farmers are very familiar with, under the national fertiliser database tab there will be a very simple pop-up box to ask if you are importing or selling fertiliser and if you want to register as a fertiliser economic operator. It will simply be a tick box. The process is straightforward. They will still have to submit the details concerning the products they have imported. All of those products have been uploaded onto the fertiliser database, including products that are distributed and sold in the North of Ireland, to make that process as simple as possible for farmers.