Ms Yvonne Mullooly:

In market surveillance, our role is primarily implementing the requirements and standards that come from European law because we have the Single Market. Obviously, it is important for businesses in the Irish context to be able to bring their products to market.

As for the economic consequences, it is clear we need to have a level playing field. It is not just about the products that are produced by Irish manufacturers but also the products that are coming in to Ireland and other EU countries from outside and to check those. We have various ongoing activities in this space. For example, we look at various products in the chemicals area.

Different programmes are happening. We do most of that work in collaboration with other European countries. In other words, it is done across all countries. We might look at one particular product, and that will cover all the various countries. All the countries will look at determining the level of compliance. If there are issues with products, actions can be taken to correct them. It might be something low level and simple or it could be something significant where the product has to be recalled.