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By Conor Macauley
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image captionThe first lorries to cross the sea border arrived in NI on 4 January.
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Permanent secretary Denis McMahon gave evidence at the agriculture committee, along with NI s chief vet Robert Huey.
The session was meant to have taken place in private, but was ultimately heard in public.
MLAs heard that former minister Edwin Poots was central to the decision.
Senior figures in Mid and East Antrim Council also had had an important role.
The council decided to withdraw a dozen staff from the Larne border control post, just hours before the department suspended physical checks.
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