Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The final issue is what Mr. Condon finished up on: identification of owners and ownership and the property owned by somebody. He said they would need to have a certain amount of property before they could be recognised as a horse owner. How does one prove somebody is a horse owner? Mr. Condon also mentioned the broad database. If there is an issue with horses, you will not be long finding out that they are probably not chipped, so there is no way of proving ownership. The man or woman somebody might say is the owner will say, "I do not know anything. They are not mine. I do not own them. Check the chip". It is all good and fine saying we have a full database, but how can having all horses chipped in order to be on that database be enforced?