Johnny Mythen (Wexford, Sinn Fein)
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As the witnesses are probably aware more than anybody, things have changed an awful lot in the world since 2021. Things have got tighter. We have food security and everything else. It is important that Ireland's industry is protected, and very much so. It should be to the fore anyway.

The Road Safety Authority, RSA, has a part to play in this as well even though it is tasked with road safety. The guidance states that drivers must check the animals being transported every 4.5 hours during transport to assess their welfare. Everything kind of thing comes under the road safety rules. Therefore, the RSA has an important part to play in this as well. I agree with Deputy Collins on that. On that guidance that the driver must check the animals, does he or she have to check every animal?