Mr. Michael Sheahan:

That seems high to me. We are all clear that in the horse racing and sport horse sector, lack of microchips is not an issue. It is really a matter of other sectors, such as the leisure horse sector, urban horses and so on. The places we check are at ports, when horses are sold and, as I mentioned earlier, even Spancill Hill and Ballinasloe fair. Ten years ago, the level of compliance in places such as Ballinasloe at the lower end of the market was low. Over the course of a couple of years, that compliance got very high. I cannot give a figure about the total level of non-compliance, no more than I could say how many dogs do not have a dog licence but 20% seems high to me. When we get the census done later this year, that will probably give us more information and we will be in a better position. It is not 100%.