Mr. Michael Sheahan:

As some of the earlier speakers have said, various people have responsibility, individual owners and the IHRB in the case of horses. In the greyhound world, Greyhound Racing Ireland has certain responsibilities. Ultimately, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the Department with overall responsibility for animal welfare from a legal and enforcement point of view. Much of our animal welfare legislation comes from the EU but a certain amount of it is national legislation, including the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. Many people have responsibility but ultimately, we in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have overall policy responsibility when it comes to animal welfare.