Mr. Hugh Farrell:

I would like to follow up on an issue. We need one point of registration for all dogs, in the same way as with animals and everything else. Then they can be traced and monitored. That information has to be fed back to the local dog wardens. That is the only way they can be sure that what they are monitoring is in the right place. They can scan a dog and the scanner will be beep if it has a tag. However, if it is registered to somebody five counties away, that is where the problem lies. We need a proper registration system in place so that they are moved on. As was said earlier in the week, it would be the same as registering a car or an animal. That goes to the new owner. This is not happening now. We find a lot of problems with families or farmers who get a dog that is registered to somebody unknown to them and not living in the vicinity.