Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the timing of the introduction of the new scheme, how will the transition work for a sheep farmer who bought his annual supply of tags earlier in the year given that the new scheme will commence in October? If a farmer planned to tag 200 sheep this year and has 60 tags left on 1 October, how will he work with the new system? Will the remaining tags be defunct and will he have to start from scratch at such a late stage in the year? Maybe Mr. Healy or Mr. Carroll will start the ball rolling.