Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 54:

In page 28, subsection (1)(h), line 26, to delete “identified” and substitute “possible to identify”.

The phrase in the Bill states, "it is not identified in accordance with animal health and welfare regulations". This may be a pedantic point but until someone identifies it, it is not identified. My view is that it is intended to refer to cases where it is not possible to identify it. If one sees a cow at 100 yards, one has not identified it but if one reads the ear tag, one identifies it. The fact that it is not identified may mean that it has not been examined in order to identify it. In contrast, if one includes the phrase "possible to identify" one refers to the fact that one tried to identify it but did not succeed.