Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will stay with the passport issue. Historically, we had the green book and the blue book and now we have what is colloquially known as the white book. Because of the delays in the passport, many breeders are opting for the white book, which excludes a lot of the breeding history. This is regrettable at a time when we are trying to emphasise the importance of Irish breeding and Irish sports horses and particularly the influence of the Irish draught horse. Surely HSI cannot countenance or stand over that happening. This is surely a regressive step for the organisation.