Ms Deborah Kenny:

We have tried to do that in the past but it is difficult to do because people are telling the Garda that they have sold on that horse to somebody else. It is difficult for the Garda to prosecute on that basis because they are saying they sold that horse on to somebody else and they might have a receipt to say they sold it on but they do not have a name or a number and do not know where that person lives. That is where we hit a block. That is why we are saying that if a horse has to be chipped or issued a passport, whoever that horse is chipped to or named on the passport is the person at fault. That is where we want it go back to.