Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is precisely my point. It seems that two bodies will be involved in registering dogs. I get the impression that the Irish Coursing Club will register them when they are born and, at some stage during their career, they will be registered again with Bord na gCon if they show up at a greyhound track. There are 4,000, 5,000, or 6,000 dogs involved in racing and there are 12,000 or 13,000 out there so many will not show up at a track. Why would the Department set up a system involving double registration, once by the Irish Coursing Club and once by Bord na gCon? At what age does a greyhound show up for racing? There is no racetrack in Laois so I am not an expert on this.