Mr. Finbarr Heslin:

That is correct. Very few people are carrying a microchip scanner with them, so if people find a dog, they tend to have to bring it to either a vet or a pound. There is a process by which the data pertaining to that chip would be released to them. That is done free of charge. We are obliged under the regulations to provide a 24-hour service, which we do. If somebody rings our call centre and the chip is not registered with us, we will know where it is registered. The regulations require that the information in the four databases is also transmitted to the central European database, which is how we know where the data are and who we need to talk to to effect a reunification.