Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the gentlemen for their presentations. The system seems very good and feasible. This has been in place for sheep since 2010, therefore any of the problems that are likely to arise have probably arisen with sheep anyway. There is concern about increased infections because of the tags but I imagine that there is the same likelihood of infection with an ordinary tag. Is there something particularly different about the EID tags that would result in a greater likelihood of infection? There is also concern about tags coming off during normal farm activity. That would be the same for ordinary tagging too.

Do the witnesses have any details on how it has worked in sheep farming? What has the response of sheep farmers been to its operation? Some of the advocates that have been mentioned could be the people who already tag sheep using this system. What response has there been from the Department? Is it actively looking at it or is it resistant to it? Is it something that it wants to look at, given that it has been in place for sheep since 2010?

It seems logical so it could be rolled out if there is no practical problem with using it for the sheep as well.