Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I cannot fathom this word "census", and I heard Mr. Sheahan say it earlier on. We are going down a road that means we are going to have DNA chipped and a card registered online. You then have your number and you can pop it into your iPad and can do a movement or whatever. That whole system is set up and the officials basically have that put together there. What then are we doing censuses for? Why do we not just say there is six months or eight months - a window of opportunity - in which we want everything registered and after that the animal is going to a knackery?