Mr. Denis Healy:

Yes. That is outside our remit. The Department issues what are called Balai certificates. There are health certificates, and the animals have to have certain vaccinations.

For example, a rabies vaccination is mandatory. All of that is certified by departmental officials.

I will allude to the new Act. Under the existing export of animals regulations, there is no requirement to record anything other than the fact that it is a canine. It could be a shih tzu, an Irish wolfhound, a greyhound or a lurcher, but there is nothing on the tracking animal certification for export, TRACE, to say that. Under the new Act, we will be able to have a regulation requiring that the breed be recorded. If, for example, 200 or 2,000 dogs are exported next year, we will be able to record how many are greyhounds, as that information will be required.