Mr. Niall Cody:

Brexit has been massive for us and a big challenge for the organisation. I think I presented last year's figures, which show that we went from processing 1 million custom entries to processing 29 million entries. One day last year there were 400,000 customs entries. Many of them were in that e-commerce posting area. We had to scale up all our systems to process all those entries. We engaged heavily with business, hauliers, logistics and shipping from 2016 onwards. I remember reading that the fact that Revenue was preparing for Brexit before the referendum was a bad thing. We have put a lot of work into it. There has been huge engagement with the trade and the sector and we really value that. I was talking to the commissioner, Mr. Gerry Harrahill, earlier today. I saw the committee's press release on meeting to discuss customs matters and Brexit. He texted me to wish me good luck, and I responded to say I have the wrong commissioner with me today.