Mr. Denis Duggan:

The Deputy mentioned processing times. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has opened a scheme in the past weeks for passport issuing authorities, of which we are one. That scheme is about migration to e-passporting. We are actively involved with a number of other passport issuing organisations with a view to building a suitable e-passport solution. This will again speed up delivery of passports to breeders. That is in line with the organisation's strategic aim of building our own capabilities internally, but also to do so in a way that ensures we offer an efficient and speedy service to our customer base.