Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to clarify one thing. To be fair to the thoroughbred industry, of the 4,000 horses no figure was given in last night's programme as to how many of those were thoroughbred. We must be clear on that. All classes of horses are being exported. I would have serious concerns about the amount of microchipping there is in the non-thoroughbred horse industry. To be clear and on the record the 4,000 horses are not all thoroughbreds.