Barnier: [infrastructure] is one of many elements we need to verify to ensure Protocol is effective. In NI we'll have to look at the logistics and human resources to make sure these checks are carried out.
"We should dedramatise the issue. Part of these checks are already in force for animals coming in from GB to Belfast - the same country. These checks already exist. The island of Ireland is a single epidemiological zone.
"The infrastructure has to be up, but by when, that's one of the benchmarks. Our team is in touch with the British team, they were in London last Friday, in Belfast a few days before [Feb 13 in fact].
