Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The ICC is the competent authority for the stud books. That has been the case since 1923. Its registration software system is currently being amended to incorporate the traceability of greyhounds. This will also allow for the capture of specific details relating to each greyhound from 2021 onwards. The stud book records pedigrees, ownerships, breeding data and transfers of ownership. The ICC is delegated functions under the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 and that includes the registration of the greyhound, the breeding establishment, notification of the death of a greyhound, the notification of the sale or transfer of a greyhound, the restriction and breeding of a bitch and the issuance of welfare notices and fixed penalty notices. The main point is that the ICC is working on the software at the moment to amend it so that it can capture specific details.