Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

There is a good degree of confusion in being called a regulatory board with the Department being the regulator with regard to most aspects, certainly of animal welfare traceability, so on and so forth. I would say that there is a degree of confusion and we had a bit of a discussion about this, if not on the last appearance of the board before our committee, then during the appearance before that.

I ask now about the microchips. We saw in the programme last week that it is possible to have two microchips in the case of a very small number of horses. What is the Department doing following the programme last week in the context of that particular aspect?