Mr. Eoin Cullen:

I am sorry; I will add something to that comment. One of the main problems, especially in urban areas, is the indiscriminate breeding of horses. Two guys might put in ten horses, predominantly mares, and another guy might put a stallion in and then within a week or two all those mares are pregnant. They are being sold by these lads left, right and centre.

Nobody really knows how to enforce the legislation. We try to bring a lot of education to new recruits in An Garda Síochána because the legislation is not taught enough in Templemore. The legislation is there, but the knowledge of how to enforce it is fairly weak. That is where the main problem is. That is why guys have horses in back gardens and alleyways. Indeed, some of these do have equine premises numbers, EPNs, where-----