Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is definitely not an issue at the top end or even the middle of the market. As regards compliance, and we will get into welfare issues later on, the fact they are not registered makes it very difficult to deal with the situation or to find who is responsible for the welfare issue. We asked this previously of the Department and the figure we got at that stage was 19% of horses were not registered. If that many cattle were not registered, the Department would be down on top of us fairly heavy. I just cannot understand why there is not more compliance. However, it is outside HSI's remit. It is not its job.