Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There was a report in the last number of months where we were insisting on traceability. Traceability and microchipping go together. One cannot have one without the other. When an inspector goes into a yard or wherever, there should be a register for the number of horses there and the owner has to be responsible for them. That has to happen if we are going to make improvements on horse welfare. One cannot just say that one gave that horse away; one's responsibility cannot stop there. There has to be an official record of where the horse went.