Mr. Gerard Dollard:

Under the 1958 Act, the ICC is the keeper of the Irish stud book. It maintains the records of greyhounds whelped, matings, stud dogs and so forth. Bord na gCon only becomes aware of a greyhound when it is presented for racing as part of greyhound racing. We want to introduce a system so that when someone decides that he or she wants a dog to be a racing greyhound, we can track that greyhound from that point until the end of its life.